SimplePusher

SimplePusher is a HTML5 websocket powered realtime messaging tool.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple_pusher'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install simple_pusher

Usage

1. Start simple pusher server in rails config/initializers.

# config/initializers/simple_pusher.rb
EventMachine.next_tick do
  SimplePusher.setup do |config|
    config.port = 8088
    config.debug = false
  end
  SimplePusher.start
end

1. Setup client js code.

    var simple_pusher = new SimplePusher("ws://<%= request.host %>:8088/");
    simple_pusher.on("message", function(message){
        console.log("Receive:", message )
    });

    simple_pusher.on("online_count", function(message){

    });

1. Broadcast message via server side.

SimplePusher.broadcast("Time now #{Time.now.to_s(:db}")

1. Broadcast message via client side.

simple_pusher.broadcast("Hello everybody.")

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request