blimpio / boards-sockets

WebSockets server for Blimp Boards

boards-sockets

Web sockets implementation for boards-sockets using socket.io.

Running

$ npm install
$ node index.html

Open browser http://localhost:8000

Backend Messages

This service will receive messages from boards-backend via the RedisStore used by Socket.io. We have two distinct rooms for all communication one for User events and another for Account events.

Room Names

Every message should be targeted to a specific room. Rooms allow us to target only specific users. If we don't specify a room the message will arrive to all users.

User room name: 'u' + <user_id>

Account room name: 'a' + <account_id>

Browser event

Every message will use the message event type which will be listened to by the client side application. Here's an example using socket.io-announce.

announce = Announce()
announce.emit('message', {...}, room='u1')

Payload

The following is an example payload.

{
	"data_type": "notification",
	"method": "create",
	"data": {...}
}

data_type:

user, account, board, stack, card, comment, notification, user_setting, account_setting.

method:

create, update, delete.

data:

The data field can only contain a JSON object.