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

Name	Type	Description
pubSubOptions	Object	-
pubSubOptions.token	string	SignalWire 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();

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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);

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off

▸ off(event, fn?)

Remove an event handler.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	Name of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fn?	Function	An event handler which had been previously attached.

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on

▸ on(event, fn)

Attaches an event handler to the specified event.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	Name of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fn	Function	An event handler.

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once

▸ once(event, fn)

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	Name of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fn	Function	An event handler.

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publish

▸ publish(params): Promise<void>

Publish a message into the specified channel.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
params	Object	-
params.channel	string	Channel in which to send the message.
params.content	any	The 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"
  },
});

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removeAllListeners

▸ removeAllListeners(event?)

Detaches all event listeners for the specified event.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event?	string	Name of the event (leave this undefined to detach listeners for all events). See Events for the list of available events.

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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

Name	Type	Description
channels	string | 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"]);

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unsubscribe

▸ unsubscribe(channels): Promise<void>

List of channels from which you want to unsubscribe.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
channels	string | 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"]);

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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

Name	Type	Description
token	string	The 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

Name	Type
message	PubSubMessage<PubSubMessageContract\>

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session.expiring

• session.expiring()

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