Channels
5.18.2The Glue42 Channels are globally accessed named contexts that allow users to dynamically group applications, instructing them to work over the same shared data object. Assign a Glue42 enabled app to a Channel through the Channel Selector of the Glue42 Window:
When applications are on the same Channel, they share a context data object which they can monitor and/or update. See below how applications interact with each other using the Glue42 Channels:
The Channels API is accessible through the glue.channels object.
APIobject
Description
Channels API
Methods
allmethod
Signature
() => Promise<string[]>
Description
Returns a list of all channel names.
getmethod
Signature
(name: string) => Promise<ChannelContext>
Description
Returns the context of a given channel.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | The name of the channel whose context to return. |
getMymethod
Signature
() => Promise<ChannelContext>
Description
Returns the context of the current channel.
Available since version 5.5.9
getWindowsOnChannelmethod
Signature
(channel: string) => Promise<GDWindow[]>
Description
Returns all windows on a give channel
Available since version Glue42 3.12
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel | string |
getWindowsWithChannelsmethod
Signature
(filter: WindowWithChannelFilter) => Promise<WindowOnChannelInfo[]>
Description
Returns channel enabled windows together with their current channel. If no filter is set will return all channel enabled windows.
Available since version Glue42 3.12
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filter | WindowWithChannelFilter | if set will limit the result to windows matching the criteria |
joinmethod
Signature
(name: string, windowId: string) => Promise<void>
Description
Joins a new channel by name. Leaves the current channel.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | The name of the channel to join. |
|
| windowId | string | If supplied will act on the specified window, not the current one |
leavemethod
Signature
(windowId: string) => Promise<void>
Description
Leaves the current channel.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| windowId | string | If supplied will act on the specified window, not the current one |
listmethod
mymethod
Signature
() => string
Description
Returns the name of the current channel.
onChangedmethod
Signature
(callback: (channel: string) => void) => () => void
Description
Subscribes for the event which fires when a channel is changed.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (channel: string) => void | Callback function to handle channel changes. |
publishmethod
Signature
(data: any, name: string) => Promise<void>
Description
Updates the context of the current or a given channel.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | any | Data object with which to update the channel context. |
|
| name | string | The name of the channel to be updated. If not provided will update the current channel. |
subscribemethod
Signature
(callback: (data: any, context: ChannelContext, updaterId: string) => void) => () => void
Description
Tracks the data in the current channel. Persisted after a channel change. The callback isn't called when you publish the data.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (data: any, context: ChannelContext, updaterId: string) => void | Callback function to handle the received data. |
subscribeFormethod
Signature
(name: string, callback: (data: any, context: ChannelContext, updaterId: string) => void) => Promise<() => void>
Description
Tracks the data in a given channel.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | The channel to track. |
|
| callback | (data: any, context: ChannelContext, updaterId: string) => void | Callback function to handle the received data. |
ChannelContextobject
Description
Channel context object.
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | any | Channel data. |
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| meta | any | Channel meta data (display name, color, image, etc.) |
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| name | string | Unique name of the context. |
WindowOnChannelInfoobject
Description
Information about a GDWindow that is channel enabled channel
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | string | |||
| channel | string | |||
| window | GDWindow |
WindowWithChannelFilterobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | string | |||
| channels | string[] | |||
| windowIds | string[] |