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PubSub.Client

You can use the Client object to build a messaging system into the browser.

Example usage:

import { PubSub } from "@signalwire/js";

const pubSubClient = new PubSub.Client({
token: "<your chat token>", // get this from the REST APIs
});

await pubSubClient.subscribe(["mychannel1", "mychannel2"]);

pubSubClient.on("message", (message) => {
console.log("Received", message.content,
"on", message.channel,
"at", message.publishedAt);
});

await pubSubClient.publish({
channel: "mychannel1",
content: "hello world",
});

Constructors

constructor

new Client(pubSubOptions)

Creates a new PubSub client.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
pubSubOptionsObject-
pubSubOptions.tokenstringSignalWire Chat token that can be obtained from the REST APIs.

Example

import { PubSub } from "@signalwire/js";

const pubSubClient = new PubSub.Client({
token: "<your chat token>"
});

Methods

disconnect

disconnect(): void

Disconnects this client. The client will stop receiving events and you will need to create a new instance if you want to use it again.

Returns

void

Example

client.disconnect();

getAllowedChannels

getAllowedChannels(): Promise<Object>

Returns the channels that the current token allows you to subscribe to.

Returns

Promise<Object>

An object whose keys are the channel names, and whose values are the permissions. For example:

{
"my-channel-1": { "read": true, "write": false },
"my-channel-2": { "read": true, "write": true },
}

Examples

const pubSubClient = new PubSub.Client({
token: "<your chat token>",
});

const channels = await pubSubClient.getAllowedChannels();
console.log(channels);

off

off(event, fn?)

Remove an event handler.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fn?FunctionAn event handler which had been previously attached.

on

on(event, fn)

Attaches an event handler to the specified event.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fnFunctionAn event handler.

once

once(event, fn)

Attaches an event handler to the specified event. The handler will fire only once.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fnFunctionAn event handler.

publish

publish(params): Promise<void>

Publish a message into the specified channel.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
paramsObject-
params.channelstringChannel in which to send the message.
params.contentanyThe message to send. This can be any JSON-serializable object.
params.meta?Record<any, any>Metadata associated with the message. There are no requirements on the content of metadata.

Returns

Promise<void>

Examples

Publishing a message as a string:

await pubSub.publish({
channel: "my-channel",
content: "Hello, world."
});

Publishing a message as an object:

await pubSub.publish({
channel: "my-channel",
content: {
field_one: "value_one",
field_two: "value_two"
},
});

removeAllListeners

removeAllListeners(event?)

Detaches all event listeners for the specified event.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
event?stringName of the event (leave this undefined to detach listeners for all events). See Events for the list of available events.

subscribe

subscribe(channels): Promise<void>

List of channels for which you want to receive messages. You can only subscribe to those channels for which your token has read permission.

Note that the subscribe function is idempotent, and calling it again with a different set of channels will not unsubscribe you from the old ones. To unsubscribe, use unsubscribe.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelsstring | string[]The channels to subscribe to, either in the form of a string (for one channel) or an array of strings.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

const pubSub = new PubSub.Client({
token: "<your chat token>"
});

pubSub.on("message", (m) => console.log(m));

await pubSub.subscribe("my-channel");
await pubSub.subscribe(["chan-2", "chan-3"]);

unsubscribe

unsubscribe(channels): Promise<void>

List of channels from which you want to unsubscribe.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
channelsstring | string[]The channels to unsubscribe from, either in the form of a string (for one channel) or an array of strings.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

await pubSub.unsubscribe("my-channel");
await pubSub.unsubscribe(["chan-2", "chan-3"]);

updateToken

updateToken(token): Promise<void>

Replaces the token used by the client with a new one. You can use this method to replace the token when, for example, it is expiring, in order to keep the session alive.

The new token can contain different channels from the previous one. In that case, you will need to subscribe to the new channels if you want to receive messages for those. Channels that were in the previous token but are not in the new one will get unsubscribed automatically.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
tokenstringThe new token.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

const pubSubClient = new PubSub.Client({
token: '<your chat token>'
})

pubSubClient.on('session.expiring', async () => {
const newToken = await fetchNewToken(..)

await pubSubClient.updateToken(newToken)
})

Events

message

message(message)

A new message has been received.

Parameters

NameType
messagePubSubMessage<PubSubMessageContract\>

session.expiring

session.expiring()

The session is going to expire. Use the updateToken method to refresh your token.