I've managed to solve this issue using laravel + redis + socket.io + socket client, I put my solution here hope to stop wasting others time trying to figure it out.
cd your-project-name
Install packages
npm install express ioredis socket.io --save
Your package.json file will look like
{
"private": true,
"devDependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.8.8",
"laravel-elixir": "*"
},
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.12.4",
"ioredis": "^1.4.0",
"redis": "^0.12.1",
"socket.io": "^1.3.5"
}
}
composer require predis/predis
Creating the Event
php artisan make:event EventName
Make sure that it implements ShouldBroadcast
The entire EventName.php class should look like:
<?php namespace App\Events;
use App\Events\Event;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
class EventName extends Event implements ShouldBroadcast
{
use SerializesModels;
public $data;
public function __construct()
{
$this->data = array(
'power'=> '10'
);
}
public function broadcastOn()
{
return ['test-channel'];
}
}
use this code in angular js :
<script src="js/socket.io.js'"></script>
<script>
//var socket = io('http://localhost:3000');
var socket = io('http://192.168.10.10:3000');
socket.on("test-channel:App\\Events\\EventName", function(message){
// increase the power everytime we load test route
$('#power').text(parseInt($('#power').text()) + parseInt(message.data.power));
});
</script>
Routing
Set up three routes like so. Add them to your app/Http/routes.php file.
Route::get('/', function() {
// this doesn't do anything other than to
// tell you to go to /fire
return "go to /fire";
});
Route::get('fire', function () {
// this fires the event
event(new App\Events\EventName());
return "event fired";
});
Route::get('test', function () {
// this checks for the event
return view('test');
});
Create the socket.js file in your project root
var app = require('express')();
var http = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);
var Redis = require('ioredis');
var redis = new Redis();
redis.subscribe('test-channel', function(err, count) {
});
redis.on('message', function(channel, message) {
console.log('Message Recieved: ' + message);
message = JSON.parse(message);
io.emit(channel + ':' + message.event, message.data);
});
http.listen(3000, function(){
console.log('Listening on Port 3000');
});
FYI : Make sure you have installed redis server + connect it to Laravel using .env or database file.
