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// events.js | |
const EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'); | |
const emitter = new EventEmitter(); | |
function subscribe(req, res) { | |
res.writeHead(200, { | |
'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream', | |
'Cache-Control': 'no-cache', | |
Connection: 'keep-alive' | |
}); | |
// Heartbeat | |
const nln = function() { | |
res.write('\n'); | |
}; | |
const hbt = setInterval(nln, 15000); | |
const onEvent = function(data) { | |
res.write('retry: 500\n'); | |
res.write(`event: event\n`); | |
res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n`); | |
}; | |
emitter.on('event', onEvent); | |
// Clear heartbeat and listener | |
req.on('close', function() { | |
clearInterval(hbt); | |
emitter.removeListener('event', onEvent); | |
}); | |
} | |
function publish(eventData) { | |
// Emit events here recieved from Github/Twitter APIs | |
emitter.emit('event', eventData); | |
} | |
module.exports = { | |
subscribe, // Sending event data to the clients | |
publish // Emiting events from streaming servers | |
}; | |
// App.js | |
const express = require('express'); | |
const events = require('./events'); | |
const port = process.env.PORT || 5001; | |
const app = express(); | |
app.get('/events', cors(), events.subscribe); | |
app.listen(port, function() { | |
console.log('Listening on', port); | |
}); | |
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