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Client

You can use instances of this class to control the chat and subscribe to its events.

Example

const chatClient = new Chat.Client({
project: "<project-id>",
token: "<api-token>",
});

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

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

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

Constructors

constructor

new Client(chatOptions)

Creates a new Chat client.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
chatOptionsObject-
chatOptions.projectstringSignalWire project id, e.g. a10d8a9f-2166-4e82-56ff-118bc3a4840f
chatOptions.tokenstringSignalWire API token
chatOptions.debug?Object-
chatOptions.debug.logWsTraffic?booleanIf true, logs all WebSocket traffic. Default is false.

Example

import { Chat } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const chatClient = new Chat.Client({
project: "<project-id>",
token: "<api-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();

getMemberState

getMemberState(params): Promise<{ channels: Record<string, ChatChannelState> }>

Returns the states of a member in the specified channels.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
paramsObject-
params.channels?string | string[]Channels for which to get the state.
params.memberIdstringId of the member for which to get the state.

Returns

Promise<{ channels: Record<string, ChatChannelState> }>

Example

const s = await chatClient.getMemberState({
channels: ["chan1", "chan2"],
memberId: "my-member-id",
});

s.channels.length; // 2
s.channels.chan1.state; // the state object for chan1

getMembers

getMembers(params): Promise<{ members: ChatMemberEntity[] }> - See ChatMemberEntity for more details.

Returns the list of members in the given channel.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
paramsObject-
params.channelstringThe channel for which to get the list of members.

Returns

Promise<{ members: ChatMemberEntity[] }> - See ChatMemberEntity for more details.

Example

const m = await chatClient.getMembers({ channel: "my-channel" });

m.members.length; // 7
m.members[0]; // { id: ..., channel: ..., state: ... }

getMessages

getMessages(params): Promise<{ cursor: PaginationCursor ; messages: ChatMessageEntity[] }> - See ChatMessageEntity for more details.

Returns the list of messages that were sent to the specified channel.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
paramsObject-
params.channelstringChannel for which to retrieve the messages.
params.cursor?PaginationCursorCursor for pagination.

Returns

Promise<{ cursor: PaginationCursor ; messages: ChatMessageEntity[] }> - See ChatMessageEntity for more details.

Example

const m = await chatClient.getMessages({ channel: "chan1" });

m.messages.length; // 23
m.messages[0]; // the most recent message
m.messages[0].member; // the sender
m.messages[0].content; // the content
m.messages[0].meta; // the metadata (if any)

m.cursor.next; // if not null, there are more messages.

// Get the next page using the cursor
const next = await chatClient.getMessages({
channel: "chan1",
cursor: {
after: m.cursor.after,
},
});

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 or value.
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 chatClient.publish({
channel: "my-channel",
content: "Hello, world."
});

Publishing a message as an object:

await chatClient.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.

setMemberState

setMemberState(params): Promise<void>

Sets a state object for a member, for the specified channels. The previous state object will be completely replaced.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
paramsObject-
params.channelsstring | string[]Channels for which to set the state.
params.memberIdstringId of the member to affect.
params.stateRecord<any, any>The state to set. There are no requirements on the content of the state.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

await chatClient.setMemberState({
channels: ["chan1", "chan2"],
state: {
online: true,
typing: false,
},
});

subscribe

subscribe(channels): Promise<void>

List of channels for which you want to receive messages.

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 chatClient = new Chat.Client({
project: "<project-id>",
token: "<api-token>",
});

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

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

Events

member.joined

member.joined(member)

A new member joined the chat.

Parameters

NameType
memberChatMember

member.left

member.left(member)

A member left the chat.

Parameters

NameType
memberChatMember

member.updated

member.updated(member)

A member updated its state.

Parameters

NameType
memberChatMember

message

message(message)

A new message has been received.

Parameters

NameType
messageChatMessage

Type Aliases

ChatMemberEntity

An object representing a Chat Member with only the state properties of ChatMember.

Properties

Readonly channel: string

The channel of this member.

Readonly id: string

The id of this member.

Readonly state: Record<any, any>

The state of this member.

ChatMessageEntity

An object representing a Chat Message with only the state properties of ChatMessage.

Properties

Readonly content: any

The content of this message.

Readonly id: string

The id. of this message

Readonly member: ChatMember

The member which sent this message.

Readonly meta?: any

Any metadata associated with this message.

Readonly publishedAt: Date

The date and time at which this message was published.