Socket Events

Each event type below includes the following details, take socket_connected event as an example.

1. action - marker if the message is incoming or outgoing from the client application.

   • sendMessage - states if the event can be emitted from the client application. Marked as Emit: true in the event types.

   • receiveMessage - states if the event can be received by the client application. If received, the client application is responsible for the handling and acknowledgement of the event. Marked as Receive: true in the event types.

2. event - content of the event. Most events would have the same schema as below. Detailed payloads for each event type are in the next section.

   • event_type - socket event type name

   • event_payload - socket event payload

   • event_id - socket event id

   • accespts_response_payload - feature not yet implemented, by default is false. (Once implemented, the client will be able to reply to a specific ID for applicable use cases.

Socket Event Example

{
    "action": "sendMessage || receiveMessage",
    "event": {
        "event_type" : "Socket event name.",
        "event_payload" : {}
        "event_id" : "Unique event id",
        "accepts_response_payload" : false 
    }
}