mazzie

mazzie

Is it possible to create topics dynamically in Phoenix

I am new to Phoenix. I was wondering if it is possible to create topics dynamically in Phoenix.
From what I understood till now in Phoenix if a user joins a topic they get all the messages sent on that topic. What if I want add a functionality in which user can create own topic and then send messages on it. Is that possible ?

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zinclozenge

zinclozenge

You would need a macro that dynamically creates user_socket.ex based on input provided to the macro.

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James-Byrne

James-Byrne

Thats totally possible, so in the user_socket.ex file you add a room as "room:name:*". Just add whatever you want after the star when joining the channel and boom your off.

For example I have a team channel defined like :

channel("team:*", TpPhoenixWeb.RequestCounterChannel)

The user then joins a channel named "team:API_KEY_HERE" and only they can see what is broadcast there.

benwilson512

benwilson512

Author of Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe

To be clear, what the macros in user_socket do is route topics that have a particular prefix to a particular channel module. You could make a generic one:

channel "generic:*", GenericChannel

Then you can put literally anything after generic:

axelson

axelson

Scenic Core Team

I believe that you can meaningfully accomplish this task without creating a macro as specified by @benwilson512 above. And in general if you can accomplish something with just modules and functions then use that approach. Quoth the Elixir docs: “Macros should only be used as a last resort”.

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