Broadcast Message Automatically Using SignalR

This article explains how to broadcast messages automatically using a timer without firing any event.

To know how to get started with SignalR, read my article Broadcast Message Using SignalR.

After installing SignalR and hub class, add a timer to the global file.

The following is the hub method:

  public void SendMessage(String message)

    {

        // Call the addMessage methods on all clients

        Clients.All.addMessage(message);

    }
 

   void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        var aTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(1000);

 

        aTimer.Elapsed += aTimer_Elapsed;

        aTimer.Interval = 3000;

        aTimer.Enabled = true;       

 

        // Code that runs on application startup

        // Register the default hubs route: ~/signalr

        //RouteTable.Routes.MapHubs();               

    }

 

void aTimer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)

    {

        var context = GlobalHost.ConnectionManager.GetHubContext<ChatHub>();

        context.Clients.All.addMessage("This message broadcasted on " + DateTime.Now);

      

    }

Client-side code
 

  <script src="Scripts/jquery-1.6.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <!--Reference the SignalR library. -->

    <script src="Scripts/jquery.signalR-1.1.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <!--Reference the autogenerated SignalR hub script. -->

    <script src="signalr/hubs"></script>

     <script type="text/javascript">

         $(function () {

 

             //Proxy created on the fly

             var chat = $.connection.chatHub;

 

             // Declare a function on the chat hub so the server can invoke it

             chat.client.addMessage = function (message) {

                 $("#messages").append("<li>" + message + "</li>");

             };

 

             $("#broadcast").click(function () {

                 // call the chat method on the server

                 chat.server.sendMessage($("#msg").val());

             });

 

             $.connection.hub.start();

         });

    </script>

</head>

<body>

<!--<input type="text" id="msg" />-->

       <!-- <input type="button" id="broadcast" value="broadcast" />-->

 

        <ul id="messages" class="round">

 

 

        </ul>

</body>

Output

SignalR.jpg
 

As you can see, the message is broadcast every 3 seconds because I have used a timer time interval of 3 seconds.

var aTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(1000);

aTimer.Elapsed += aTimer_Elapsed;

aTimer.Interval = 3000;

aTimer.Enabled = true;


 

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