I figured it out.
I use socket.io also between the Admin browser and the Admin server,
so when the user browser's sends a message to the admin's server, the
server emit it to the admin's browser.
similar flow goes when the admin want to send a message to a specific user
(I keep the socket ids).
I am still considering splitting it into 3 apps, so the socket.io server
will stand on it's own.
any pro/cons about this?
On Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:54:32 PM UTC-7, josh wrote:
>
> I am building 2 separate express sites:
> clients website - visitors can talk to me (the admin of the site) via
> chat (1 on 1 only. they can't see each other).
> admin website - for me, the admin, to see all current conversations
> and the ability to reply to whatever user I want.
>
> I am using socket.io to emit messages from the clients website to the
> admin website.
>
> Is there a way to update the Admin UI whenever the admin site receives
> a message?
> Is there a way from the UI to emit a message back to the client's
> browser?
> Is there a problem with the design of my sites? maybe i should have 3
> separate apps and not 2 (so the socket.io server will stand on it's
> own).
>
> Any other alternatives/suggestions would be great.
> Thanks!
>
> this code is part of the Admin server:
>
> basket = {}; // holds a hash of sockets
>
> socket.on('msg', function (data) {
> socket.get('nickname', function (err, name) {
> console.log('Chat message by ', name, ' saying', data.text);
> var to = basket[name];
> // i don't want to send this from here. i want the admin to see
> all messages from different users
> // and he should be able to reply whenever he wants to
> //to.emit('msg', { text: "what's up " + name });
> });
> });
> });
>
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