resocketMiddleware Usage

Server

io.emit('TECH_TWEETS', {
  type: 'UPDATE_TECH_TWEETS',
  payload: {} // some data
});

Note: type and payload are necessary keys because they would dispatch the same action automatically and match the case in your reducers.

resocketMiddleware takes care of the rest.

case Types.UPDATE_SPORTS_TWEETS:
      return {
        ...state,
        sportsTweets: [...state.sportsTweets, action.payload],
      };

Client

For listening to a certain event, you need to dispatch an action of type

ADD_LISTENER_TO or ADD_LISTENERS_TO

As the name suggest, you would have to pass either a string or an array of strings as event names and resocketMiddleware would start listening to the events passed as arguments.

Example

this.props.addListenersTo(['EVENT_1', 'EVENT_2']);

Note In your server configuration, EVENT_1 and EVENT_2 should be the event names that are emitters.

You can remove listeners by dispatching an action of type

REMOVE_LISTENER_FROM or REMOVE_LISTENERS_FROM

It expects an array of strings or just a string and it would stop listening to any events specified.

componentWillUnmount() {
this.props.removeListener('EVENT_1');

}

where in your actions

export function removeListener(payload) {
    return dispatch => {
        type: 'REMOVE_LISTENER_FROM',
        payload
    };
}

You can simply emit an action by calling the eventNamesList passed as a second argument while instantiating resocketMiddleware.

const resocketMiddleware = createResocketMiddleware(socket, ['tweet']);

In your actions, simply

export function addNewTweet(payload) {
  return (dispatch) => {
    dispatch({ type: 'tweet', payload });
  };
}

While on server

socket.on('tweet', function(data) {
    io.emit(data.type, {
      type: 'UPDATE_' + data.type,
      payload: data.tweet // or whatever your properties are
    });
  });

Example

For more detailed usage of resocketMiddleware please see:

• Tweets Example - Resocket middleware