strapi-plugin-socket v0.1.3

Strapi Socket.io Plugin

THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE PLUGIN

It's not likely I will maintain this (maybe we will see) but it's just showing how you can integrate the community package StrapIO into a plugin and not have to write a ton of custom controllers to use it.

If you want to discuss more, then post on the forum thread

Install in Strapi

Installing is simple and the plugin is enabled by default just a simple:

• npm i -s strapi-plugin-socket
• yarn add strapi-plugin-socket

In a Strapi project, tested on v3.6.2

Client Sample

If you want a sample client to test with this:

NOTE as the original package author of StrapIO didn't specify you need the following package version of "socket.io-client": "2.3.0"

Init a new node project in a clean folder:

• npm init
• yarn init

Install the proper socket.io client:

• npm i -s socket.io-client:2.3.0
• yarn add socket.io-client:2.3.0

Create an index.js:

const io = require("socket.io-client");
const API_URL = "http://localhost:1337/";
const token = "replace with your end-user JWT";

// Handshake required, token will be verified against strapi
const socket = io.connect(API_URL, {
  query: { token },
});

socket.on("create", async (data) => {
  //do something
  console.log("CREATE");
  console.log(data);
});
socket.on("update", (data) => {
  // do something
  console.log("UPDATE");
  console.log(data);
});
socket.on("delete", (data) => {
  // do something
  console.log("DELETE");
  console.log(data);
});

Run it with node index.js you can also enable the socket.io debugger with DEBUG=socket* node index.js This will respond on all normal content-types (no plugins) with the exception of the content-manager plugin for normal content types.

TLDR: This works for updates made both in REST and the Strapi admin panel. I didn't test GraphQL because I'm lazy.