The LoopBack Component that turns this great framework into a powerful real-time platform
npm install @mean-expert/loopback-component-realtimeA LoopBack Framework Component that provides publish events over WebSockets.
This module will supersedes the LoopBack Component PubSub and implements the new FireLoop Module.
```sh``
$ npm install --save @mean-expert/{loopback-sdk-builder,loopback-component-realtime}
Update the server/component-config.json as follows:
``json
{
"loopback-component-explorer": {
"mountPath": "/explorer"
},
"@mean-expert/loopback-component-realtime": {
"debug": true,
"auth": true,
"driver": {
"name": "socket.io"
}
}
}
``
Update the server/model-config.json as follows:
``json``
{
"mixins": [
"loopback/common/mixins",
"loopback/server/mixins",
"../common/mixins",
"./mixins",
"../node_modules/@mean-expert/loopback-component-realtime/dist/mixins"
]
}
From version 1.0.0-rc.8 you need to specify in which models you want to enable FireLoop events to be sent.
>Explanation: In an attempt to enable server and rest triggered events a new mixin has been introduced, this will trigger events either from REST calls or from the NodeJS Api e.g. Model.create().
NOTE: Due a LoopBack limitation the server triggered events are only available for root model methods (Model.create()), but it won't work for relationship methods, these will continue being executed only from FireLoop Child References in the Front-End
``json``
{
"mixins": {
"FireLoop": true
}
}
by editing the app.start method as follow:``js
app.start = function() {
// start the web server
var server = app.listen(function() {
app.emit('started', server);
var baseUrl = app.get('url').replace(/\/$/, '');
console.log('Web server listening at: %s', baseUrl);
if (app.get('loopback-component-explorer')) {
var explorerPath = app.get('loopback-component-explorer').mountPath;
console.log('Browse your REST API at %s%s', baseUrl, explorerPath);
}
});
return server;
};
```