NAME

Mercury::Controller::PushPull - Push/pull message pattern controller

VERSION

version 0.010

SYNOPSIS

    # myapp.pl
    use Mojolicious::Lite;
    plugin 'Mercury';
    websocket( '/push/*topic' )
      ->to( controller => 'PushPull', action => 'push' );
    websocket( '/pull/*topic' )
      ->to( controller => 'PushPull', action => 'pull' );

DESCRIPTION

This controller enables a push/pull pattern on a pair of endpoints (push and pull.

For more information on the push/pull pattern, see Mercury::Pattern::PushPull.

METHODS

push

    $app->routes->websocket( '/push/*topic' )
      ->to( controller => 'PushPull', action => 'push' );

Controller action to connect a websocket to a push endpoint. A push client sends messages through the socket. The message will be sent to one of the connected pull clients in a round-robin fashion.

This endpoint requires a topic in the stash.

pull

    $app->routes->websocket( '/pull/*topic' )
      ->to( controller => 'PushPull', action => 'pull' );

Controller action to connect a websocket to a pull endpoint. A pull client will recieve messages from push clients in a round-robin fashion. One message from a pusher will be received by exactly one puller.

This endpoint requires a topic in the stash.

post

Post a new message to the given topic without subscribing or establishing a WebSocket connection. This allows new messages to be easily pushed by any HTTP client.

SEE ALSO

Mercury::Pattern::PushPull

Mercury

AUTHOR

Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Doug Bell.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.