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mwc-browser
Advanced tools
Manager-Workers communication between browser tabs.
✅ No dependencies
✅ Browser support
✅ Manager-Workers communication
✅ Can be used also for just messaging between tabs
npm i mwc-browser
Create channel connection with mwcBrowser
.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name');
Create channel connection with Channel
constructor.
import { Channel } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = new Channel<string>('my-channel-name');
You can also pass optional options
.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name', {
pingTimer: 500, // The iterable time to make ping.
zombiesTimer: 500, // The iterable time to search for zombie channel connections.
managerTimer: 1000, // The iterable time to look for channel connection to be manager if possible.
maxLife: 3000, // The max life time to decide if channel connection is zombie if not responded.
isEmitMessageToSelf: false, // If you want to get the message you sent to your self from onMessage event.
});
Channel connection properties
.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name');
channelConnection.id; // Channel connection UUID.
channelConnection.isManager; // If Channel connection is Manager.
channelConnection.numberOfConnections; // The number of current channel connections that connected to the same channel.
Send message to other channel connections or to your self.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name');
channelConnection.emitMessage('hi all :)');
Listen to channel connection events
.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name');
channelConnection.onManager = (isManager: boolean): void => {
// Do something by if you are manager or not...
};
channelConnection.onMessage = (message: string): void => {
// Do something with the message...
};
Remove the channel connection if you don't need it anymore.
import { mwcBrowser } from 'mwc-browser';
const channelConnection = mwcBrowser<string>('my-channel-name');
// ...
channelConnection.destroy(); // Will cancel intervals, event listeners, etc.
FAQs
Manager-Workers communication between browser tabs
We found that mwc-browser demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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