Class: ActionCable::Connection::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Authorization, Identification, InternalChannel
Defined in:
lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb

Overview

For every WebSocket connection the Action Cable server accepts, a Connection object will be instantiated. This instance becomes the parent of all of the channel subscriptions that are created from there on. Incoming messages are then routed to these channel subscriptions based on an identifier sent by the Action Cable consumer. The Connection itself does not deal with any specific application logic beyond authentication and authorization.

Here’s a basic example:

module ApplicationCable
  class Connection < ActionCable::Connection::Base
    identified_by :current_user

    def connect
      self.current_user = find_verified_user
      logger.add_tags current_user.name
    end

    def disconnect
      # Any cleanup work needed when the cable connection is cut.
    end

    private
      def find_verified_user
        User.find_by_identity(cookies.encrypted[:identity_id]) ||
          reject_unauthorized_connection
      end
  end
end

First, we declare that this connection can be identified by its current_user. This allows us to later be able to find all connections established for that current_user (and potentially disconnect them). You can declare as many identification indexes as you like. Declaring an identification means that an attr_accessor is automatically set for that key.

Second, we rely on the fact that the WebSocket connection is established with the cookies from the domain being sent along. This makes it easy to use signed cookies that were set when logging in via a web interface to authorize the WebSocket connection.

Finally, we add a tag to the connection-specific logger with the name of the current user to easily distinguish their messages in the log.

Pretty simple, eh?

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Authorization

#reject_unauthorized_connection

Methods included from Identification

#connection_identifier

Constructor Details

#initialize(server, env, coder: ActiveSupport::JSON) ⇒ Base

Returns a new instance of Base.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 53

def initialize(server, env, coder: ActiveSupport::JSON)
  @server, @env, @coder = server, env, coder

  @worker_pool = server.worker_pool
  @logger = new_tagged_logger

  @websocket      = ActionCable::Connection::WebSocket.new(env, self, event_loop)
  @subscriptions  = ActionCable::Connection::Subscriptions.new(self)
  @message_buffer = ActionCable::Connection::MessageBuffer.new(self)

  @_internal_subscriptions = nil
  @started_at = Time.now
end

Instance Attribute Details

#env ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute env.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def env
  @env
end

#logger ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute logger.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def logger
  @logger
end

#protocol ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute protocol.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def protocol
  @protocol
end

#server ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute server.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def server
  @server
end

#subscriptions ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute subscriptions.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def subscriptions
  @subscriptions
end

#worker_pool ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute worker_pool.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 50

def worker_pool
  @worker_pool
end

Instance Method Details

#beat ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 118

def beat
  transmit type: ActionCable::INTERNAL[:message_types][:ping], message: Time.now.to_i
end

#close ⇒ Object

Close the WebSocket connection.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 98

def close
  websocket.close
end

#dispatch_websocket_message(websocket_message) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 85

def dispatch_websocket_message(websocket_message) #:nodoc:
  if websocket.alive?
    subscriptions.execute_command decode(websocket_message)
  else
    logger.error "Ignoring message processed after the WebSocket was closed: #{websocket_message.inspect})"
  end
end

#on_close(reason, code) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 135

def on_close(reason, code) # :nodoc:
  send_async :handle_close
end

#on_error(message) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 130

def on_error(message) # :nodoc:
  # log errors to make diagnosing socket errors easier
  logger.error "WebSocket error occurred: #{message}"
end

#on_message(message) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 126

def on_message(message) # :nodoc:
  message_buffer.append message
end

#on_open ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 122

def on_open # :nodoc:
  send_async :handle_open
end

#process ⇒ Object

Called by the server when a new WebSocket connection is established. This configures the callbacks intended for overwriting by the user. This method should not be called directly – instead rely upon on the #connect (and #disconnect) callbacks.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 69

def process #:nodoc:
  logger.info started_request_message

  if websocket.possible? && allow_request_origin?
    respond_to_successful_request
  else
    respond_to_invalid_request
  end
end

#receive(websocket_message) ⇒ Object

Decodes WebSocket messages and dispatches them to subscribed channels. WebSocket message transfer encoding is always JSON.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 81

def receive(websocket_message) #:nodoc:
  send_async :dispatch_websocket_message, websocket_message
end

#send_async(method, *arguments) ⇒ Object

Invoke a method on the connection asynchronously through the pool of thread workers.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 103

def send_async(method, *arguments)
  worker_pool.async_invoke(self, method, *arguments)
end

#statistics ⇒ Object

Return a basic hash of statistics for the connection keyed with identifier, started_at, subscriptions, and request_id. This can be returned by a health check against the connection.



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 109

def statistics
  {
    identifier: connection_identifier,
    started_at: @started_at,
    subscriptions: subscriptions.identifiers,
    request_id: @env["action_dispatch.request_id"]
  }
end

#transmit(cable_message) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_cable/connection/base.rb', line 93

def transmit(cable_message) # :nodoc:
  websocket.transmit encode(cable_message)
end