curioustolearn
Hello,
I am trying to learn how to use Phoenix Channels and trying out the code in the documentation. I tried the following on the client:
let channel = socket.channel("room:lobby", {token: "roomtoken"})
channel.join()
.receive("ok", (resp) => {console.log("Joined successfully:", resp)})
.receive("error", (resp) => {console.log("Unable to join:", resp)})
The join succeeds as expected, however the resp is empty. I thought the resp is empty on successful join because this has data from socket.assigns. So I used the following on the server:
@impl true
def join("room:lobby", payload, socket) do
if authorized?(payload) do
socket = assign(socket, :user_id, "bb")
IO.inspect(socket.assigns, label: "socket assigns")
{:ok, socket}
else
{:error, %{reason: "not authorized"}}
end
end
I expected the resp to now contain the {user_id: 'bb'}. But it is still empty.
My question is, on a successful join, what response is sent to the client. Can we add/change this response on the server?
Thank you.
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LostKobrakai
Take a look at the return value types for
join/3: Phoenix.Channel — Phoenix v1.6.12To return a response you need to return
{:ok, resp, socket}from the function.assignsare a internal storage for the channel process. They’re not shared with the JS side of things.curioustolearn
Thank you @LostKobrakai. I don’t know how I did not think to look in the docs. I kept searching through the guide, assuming that those were the docs. I even tried {:ok, socket, resp} (which, not surprisingly, gave an error).
Anyhow, thanks again for answering the question.