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Laravel + Centrifugo

Centrifugo broadcast driver for Laravel 8.75.0 - 9

Introduction

Centrifugo broadcaster for laravel , based on:

• LaraComponents/centrifugo-broadcaster
• centrifugal/phpcent

Features

• Compatible with latest Centrifugo 3.2.0 🚀
• Wrapper over Centrifugo HTTP API 🔌
• Authentication with JWT token (HMAC algorithm) for anonymous, authenticated user and private channel 🗝️

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.4 , 8.0, 8.1
• Laravel 8.75.0 - 10.0
• guzzlehttp/guzzle 6 - 7
• Centrifugo Server 3.2.0 or newer (see here)

Installation

Require this package with composer:

composer req denis660/laravel-centrifugo

Open your config/app.php and add the following to the providers array:

'providers' => [
    // And uncomment BroadcastServiceProvider
    App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
],

Open your config/broadcasting.php and add new connection like this:

        'centrifugo' => [
            'driver' => 'centrifugo',
            'token_hmac_secret_key'  => env('CENTRIFUGO_TOKEN_HMAC_SECRET_KEY',''),
            'api_key'  => env('CENTRIFUGO_API_KEY',''),
            'url'     => env('CENTRIFUGO_URL', 'http://localhost:8000'), // centrifugo api url
            'verify'  => env('CENTRIFUGO_VERIFY', false), // Verify host ssl if centrifugo uses this
            'ssl_key' => env('CENTRIFUGO_SSL_KEY', null), // Self-Signed SSl Key for Host (require verify=true)
        ],

Also you should add these two lines to your .env file:

CENTRIFUGO_TOKEN_HMAC_SECRET_KEY=token_hmac_secret_key-from-centrifugo-config
CENTRIFUGO_API_KEY=api_key-from-centrifugo-config
CENTRIFUGO_URL=http://localhost:8000

These lines are optional:

CENTRIFUGO_SSL_KEY=/etc/ssl/some.pem
CENTRIFUGO_VERIFY=false

Don't forget to change BROADCAST_DRIVER setting in .env file!

BROADCAST_DRIVER=centrifugo

Basic Usage

To configure Centrifugo server, read official documentation

For broadcasting events, see official documentation of laravel

A simple client usage example:

<?php
declare(strict_types = 1);

namespace App\Http\Controllers;


use denis660\Centrifugo\Centrifugo;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class ExampleController
{

    public function example(Centrifugo $centrifugo)
    {
        // Send message into channel
        $centrifugo->publish('news', ['message' => 'Hello world']);

        // Generate connection token
        $token = $centrifugo->generateConnectionToken((string)Auth::id(), 0, [
            'name' => Auth::user()->name,
        ]);

        // Generate private channel token
        $apiSign = $centrifugo->generatePrivateChannelToken((string)Auth::id(), 'channel', time() + 5 * 60, [
            'name' => Auth::user()->name,
        ]);

        //Get a list of currently active channels.
        $centrifugo->channels();

        //Get channel presence information (all clients currently subscribed on this channel).
        $centrifugo->presence('news');

    }
}

Available methods

Name	Description
publish(string $channel, array $data, $skipHistory = false)	Send message into channel.
broadcast(array $channels, array $data, $skipHistory = false)	Send message into multiple channel.
presence(string $channel)	Get channel presence information (all clients currently subscribed on this channel).
presenceStats(string $channel)	Get channel presence information in short form (number of clients).
history(string $channel, $limit = 0, $since = [], $reverse = false)	Get channel history information (list of last messages sent into channel).
historyRemove(string $channel)	Remove channel history information.
subscribe(string $channel, string $user, $client = '')	subscribe user from channel.
unsubscribe(string $channel, string $user, string $client = '')	Unsubscribe user from channel.
disconnect(string $user_id)	Disconnect user by it's ID.
channels(string $pattern = '')	Get channels information (list of currently active channels).
info()	Get stats information about running server nodes.
generateConnectionToken(string $userId = '', int $exp = 0, array $info = [], array $channels = [])	Generate connection token.
generatePrivateChannelToken(string $client, string $channel, int $exp = 0, array $info = [])	Generate private channel token.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/denis660/laravel-centrifugo/blob/master/LICENSE for more information.