[erlang-questions] Push a message to cowboy websockets

[AD]

Thanks, so in websocket/init

gproc:reg({p, l, {?MODULE, WSBroadcast}}).

Then in my webservice i can do

Msg = "Test broadcast".
gproc:send({p, l, {?MODULE,WSBroadcast}}, {self(), {?MODULE,WSBroadcast},
Msg}).

How do you catch this in websocket_info/3 to formulate a reply?

Also noticed a new pub/sub module for gproc not sure if this helps simplify
some of this  https://github.com/uwiger/gproc/blob/master/src/gproc_ps.erl

Thanks!
-AD

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Loïc Hoguin <essen@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hey!
>
> The general idea is to have your websocket handler register itself using
> gproc[1] (or through a central gen_server) inside the websocket_init/3
> callback, and then have your service push messages to all registered
> handlers which you can then catch in websocket_info/3.
>
> I mention gproc because it's infinitely easier with it, as you only have
> to register all your processes under one property and then send a message
> to that property which will multicast it to all registered processes. And
> when your websocket closes, gproc takes care of removing your process from
> the list of registered processes, so you really have to worry only about 2
> lines of code to do everything you need.
>
> Good luck!
>
> [1] https://github.com/uwiger/**gproc <https://github.com/uwiger/gproc>
>
>
> On 03/16/2012 05:11 PM, AD wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>  I have cowboy setup and working to send/receive websockets over a
>> socket connection.  I am trying to figure out how to initiate a message
>> server side over that channel (without it just being a reply).  I am
>> envisioning exposing a webservice on the cowboy service that would then
>> push a message to all connected users (or maybe a subset based on some
>> criteria).
>>
>>  Does anyone know if this is possible and if so how to implement?
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  -AD
>>
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