NAME
Centrifugo::Client
SYNOPSIS
use Centrifugo::Client;
use AnyEvent;
my $cclient = Centrifugo::Client->new("$CENTRIFUGO_WS/connection/websocket");
$cclient -> on('connect', sub{
my ($infoRef)=@_;
print "Connected to Centrifugo version ".$infoRef->{version};
}) -> on('message', sub{
my ($infoRef)=@_;
print "MESSAGE: ".encode_json $infoRef->{data};
}) -> connect(
user => $USER_ID,
timestamp => $TIMESTAMP,
token => $TOKEN
);
$cclient->subscribe( channel => 'my-channel&' );
$cclient->subscribe( channel => 'public-channel' );
$cclient->subscribe( channel => '$private' );
# Now start the event loop to keep the program alive
AnyEvent->condvar->recv;
DESCRIPTION
This library allows to communicate with Centrifugo through a websocket.
FUNCTION new
my $client = Centrifugo::Client->new( $URL );
or
my $client = Centrifugo::Client->new( $URL,
debug => 'true', # If true, some informations are written on STDERR
debug_ws => 'true', # If true, all web socket messages are written on STDERR
authEndpoint => "...", # The full URL used to ask for a key to subscribe to private channels
max_alive_period => 30, # interval (in s) since last communication with server that triggers a PING (default 0)
refresh_period => 5, # Check frequency for max_alive_period (default 10s)
retry => 0.5 , # interval (in ms) between reconnect attempts which value grows exponentially (default 1.0)
max_retry => 30, # upper interval value limit when reconnecting. (default 30)
resubscribe => 'true', # automatic resubscribing on subscriptions (default: 'true')
recover => 'true', # Recovers the lost messages after a reconnection (default: 'false')
ws_params => { # These parameters are passed to AnyEvent::WebSocket::Client->new(...)
ssl_no_verify => 'true',
timeout => 600
},
);
FUNCTION connect - send authorization parameters to Centrifugo so your connection could start subscribing on channels.
$client->connect( user => $USER_ID, timestamp => $TIMESTAMP, token => $TOKEN, [info => $info,] [uid => $uid,] );
This function retuns $self to allow chains of multiple function calls.
It is possible to provide a UID for this command, but if you don't, a random one will be generated for you and cannot be retrieved afterward.
FUNCTION publish - allows clients directly publish messages into channel (use with caution. Client->Server communication is NOT the aim of Centrifugo)
$client->publish( channel=>$channel, data=>$data, [uid => $uid] );
$data must be a HASHREF to a structure (which will be encoded to JSON), for example :
$client->public ( channel => "public",
data => {
nick => "Anonymous",
text => "My message",
} );
or even :
$client->public ( channel => "public", data => { } ); # Sends an empty message to the "public" channel
This function returns the UID used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION disconnect
$client->disconnect();
FUNCTION subscribe - allows to subscribe on channel after client successfully connected.
$client->subscribe( channel => $channel, [ uid => $uid ,] );
If the channel is private (starts with a '$'), then a request to $this->{AUTH_URL} is done automatically to get the channel key.
If channel contains a '&', then the function adds the client_id behind the client channel boundary. (even after a reconnect)
This function returns the UIDs used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION unsubscribe - allows to unsubscribe from channel.
$client->unsubscribe( channel => $channel, [ uid => $uid ] );
This function returns the UID used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION presence - allows to ask server for channel presence information.
$client->presence( channel => $channel, [ uid => $uid ] );
This function returns the UID used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION history - allows to ask server for channel presence information.
$client->history( channel => $channel, [ uid => $uid ] );
This function returns the UID used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION ping - allows to send ping command to server, server will answer this command with ping response.
$client->ping( [ uid => $uid ] );
This function returns the UID used to send the command to the server. (a random string if none is provided)
FUNCTION on - Register a callback for the given event.
Known events are 'message', 'connect', 'disconnect', 'subscribe', 'unsubscribe', 'publish', 'presence', 'history', 'join', 'leave', 'refresh', 'ping', 'ws_closed', 'ws_error'
$client->on( 'connect', sub { my( $dataRef ) = @_; ... });
(this function retuns $self to allow chains of multiple function calls)
Note : Events that are an answer to the client requests (ie 'connect', 'publish', ...) have an 'uid' which is added into the %data structure.
FUNCTION client_id - return the client_id if it is connected to Centrifugo and the server returned this ID (which is not the case on the demo server).
$client->client_id()
FUNCTION generate_token - return the private token that must be used to connect a client to Centrifugo.
$key = Centrifugo::Client::generate_token($secret, $user, $timestamp [,$info])
INPUT : $secret is the private secret key, only known by the server.
$user is the user name.
$timestamp is the current timestamp.
$info is a JSON encoded string.
The same function may be used to generate a private channel key :
$key = generate_token($secret, $client, $channel [,$info])
INPUT : $client is the client_id given when connected to Centrifugo.
$channel is the name of the channel (should start with a '$' as it is private).
And to sign each request to access to the HTTP API :
$sign = generate_token($self, $data)
INPUT : $data is a JSON string with your API commands