faye-laravel-broadcaster

This is a wrapper for https://github.com/ArnisLielturks/faye-client library. Intended for use in Laravel 5+ applications. This allows broadcasting messages to Faye service via Laravel events

Installation

1. Install the package via composer:

composer require arnislielturks/faye-laravel-broadcaster

2. Register the provider in config/app.php

// 'providers' => [
   ArnisLielturks\FayeBroadcaster\FayeBroadcasterProvider::class,
// ];

3. Add configuration file (config/faye.php) with the following content. This should point to the Faye service

return [
    'server' => 'http://127.0.0.1:8000'
];

4. Change the broadcast driver to Faye in (config/broadcasting.php

default' => env('BROADCAST_DRIVER', 'faye'),

OR set this value in .env file

BROADCAST_DRIVER=faye

5. Create event which will send out the broadcast via Faye service

class TestEvent implements ShouldBroadcast
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;

    //All public attributes will be sent with the message
    public $id;
    public $event = 'test_event';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->id = 123;
    }

    public function broadcastOn()
    {
        //List of channels where this event should be sent
        return ['/test_event'];
    }

}

6. Send out the event via Controller

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function test() {
        event(new TestEvent());
        return view('main');
    }
}

Outgoing message to the /test_event channel will look something like this:

{ 
  id: 123,
  event: 'test_event',
  socket: null,
  event_object: 'App\\Events\\TestEvent'
}

That's it!