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.blast()
Broadcast a message to all sockets connected to the server (or any server in the cluster, if you have a multi-server deployment using Redis).
sails.sockets.blast(data);
Or:
sails.sockets.blast(eventName, data);sails.sockets.blast(data, socketToOmit);sails.sockets.blast(eventName, data, socketToOmit);
Usage
| Argument | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eventName | Optional. Defaults to 'message'. |
|
| 2 | data | The data to send in the message. | |
| 3 | socketToOmit | Optional. If provided, the socket associated with this socket request will not receive the message blasted out to everyone else. Useful when the broadcast-worthy event is triggered by a requesting user who doesn't need to hear about it again. |
Example
In a controller action...
sails.sockets.blast('user_logged_in', {
msg: 'User #' + req.session.userId + ' just logged in.',
user: {
id: req.session.userId,
username: req.session.username
}
}, req);
Notes
- Be sure and check
req.isSocket === truebefore passing inreqto this method. For the socket to be omitted, the currentreqmust be from a socket request, not just any HTTP request.
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Reference
- Application
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- Command Line Interface
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Configuration
- sails.config.*
- sails.config.blueprints
- sails.config.bootstrap()
- sails.config.connections
- sails.config.cors
- sails.config.csrf
- sails.config.globals
- sails.config.http
- sails.config.i18n
- sails.config.log
- sails.config.models
- sails.config.policies
- sails.config.routes
- sails.config.session
- sails.config.sockets
- sails.config.views
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Request (`req`)
- req.accepted
- req.acceptedCharsets
- req.acceptedLanguages
- req.body
- req.cookies
- req.fresh
- req.headers
- req.host
- 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.acceptsCharset()
- req.acceptsLanguage()
- req.allParams()
- req.file()
- req.get()
- req.is()
- req.param()
- Response (`res`)
- Waterline (ORM)
- WebSockets
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