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.join()
Subscribe a socket to a room.
sails.sockets.join(socket, roomName);
or:
sails.sockets.join(socket, roomName, cb);
Usage
| Argument | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | socket | The socket to be subscribed. May be specified by the socket's ID or an incoming socket request (req). |
|
| 2 | roomName | The name of the room to which the socket will be subscribed. If the room does not exist yet, it will be created. | |
| 3 | _cb_ | An optional callback, which will be called when the operation is complete on the current server (see notes below for more information), or if fatal errors were encountered. In the case of errors, it will be called with a single argument (err). |
Example
In a controller action:
subscribeToFunRoom: function(req, res) {
if (!req.isSocket) {
return res.badRequest();
}
var roomName = req.param('roomName');
sails.sockets.join(req, roomName, function(err) {
if (err) {
return res.serverError(err);
}
return res.json({
message: 'Subscribed to a fun room called '+roomName+'!'
});
});
}
Notes
sails.sockets.join()is more or less equivalent to the functionality of.join()in Socket.IO, but with additional built-in support for multi-server deployments. With recommended production settings,sails.sockets.join()works as documented, no matter what server the code happens to be running on or the server to which the target socket is connected.- In a multi-server environment, when calling
.join()with a socket ID argument, the callback function (cb) will be executed when the.join()call completes on the current server. This does not guarantee that other servers in the cluster have already finished running the operation.- Every socket is automatically subscribed to a room with its ID as the name, allowing direct messaging to a socket via
sails.sockets.broadcast()- Be sure to check that
req.isSocket === truebefore passing inreqas the target socket. For that to work, the providedreqmust be from a socket request, not just any old HTTP request.
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Reference
- Application
- Blueprint API
- Command-line interface
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Configuration
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- sails.config.log
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-
Request (`req`)
- req._startTime
- req.body
- req.cookies
- req.fresh
- req.headers
- req.hostname
- req.ip
- req.ips
- req.isSocket
- req.method
- req.options
- req.originalUrl
- req.params
- req.path
- req.protocol
- req.query
- req.secure
- req.signedCookies
- req.socket
- req.subdomains
- req.url
- req.wantsJSON
- req.xhr
- req.accepts()
- req.acceptsCharsets()
- req.acceptsLanguages()
- req.allParams()
- req.file()
- req.get()
- req.is()
- req.param()
- req.setLocale()
- req.setTimeout()
- req.host
- Response (`res`)
- Waterline (ORM)
- WebSockets
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