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New API: Wix Realtime

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We're happy to announce the release of the new Realtime Module for Corvid.

Using the Realtime API you can create channels and channel resources where messages can be published. Site visitors who subscribe to a channel receive the messages published to that channel.

Typical uses of the Realtime API include implementing a messaging system or as an alternative to using a polling mechanism.

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Adam Catchpole

Mar 15, 2020

Can't wait to see these full case uses, as I also think this will be a seriously cool addition

well done Wix

Robert Hurlburt

Mar 15, 2020

I have no clue what all of this says but I looked at what you are doing with the real estate subscription page and data import ai need something like that done.

simon.adams

Mar 13, 2020

This is massive, it will be even bigger once we can also do a face to face web meeting. are their any examples other than those in the API reference that show how to best utilise the wix-realtime API for a messaging system?

Sam

Apr 03, 2020

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@simon.adams Yes, right now all message publishing must be routed through the backend. There are plans for a client-side publish function as well.

simon.adams

Apr 03, 2020

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It’s ok to have it go through the backend I thought it would but just wasn’t sure how to achieve it. do you believe one day that it would be achievable to have webcam access and do face to face messaging via the real-time api?

stcroppe

May 17, 2020

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@Sam (Wix) Hi Sam hope you are well. I have tried to test this capability out BUT the subscribe never seems to complete. If I use await the call hangs forever and doesn't even seem to time out. If I use promise then() the then is never called. This means that when I place a backend call into publish() it always returns a 400 error. Presumably because I am not subscribed and so the publish doesn't know who it is targetting?

It seems to me that something is missing in the configuration of the realtime capability. Shouldn't there be a back end configuration that is used to set up and define which channels are configured to allow subscription to? Could that be why the subscribe never completes? Or is the subscribe() never completing simply down to a backend Wix bug?

Christopher Derrell

Mar 09, 2020

This is big. I just don't think we realize how big yet.

Unknown member

Feb 24, 2020

How do users get notified? Is there a way to show a channel in a repeater?

Unknown member

Feb 25, 2020

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I just don't understand how this works to be honest

Shahar Talmi

Feb 26, 2020

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You subscribe to notifications in your code using wixRealtime.subscribe() and then you can put it wherever you like (including repeaters). Channels are not opinionated regarding how you decide to display the notification, it is totally up to your code implementation.

Unknown member

Feb 26, 2020

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Do subscribers get notifications of some kind?

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