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Why not go with laravel websockets or soketi? Both work great with laravel. I use soketi for chat myself
Jul 9, 2022
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Laravel chat api using socket io
Hey! I want to ue socket io for creating chat API so anyone guide me steps???
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@Sinnbeck is it fast and efficient compare to socket io?
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@ALI_MURTAZA soketi seems very fast. I have around a 100 concurrent connections and it handles that without any problems
They have benchmarks on their github repo
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To implement a chat system in Laravel using Socket.IO:
Set up Laravel Echo and Socket.IO: Use Laravel Echo as a front-end library to listen for real-time events and integrate it with a Socket.IO server.
Broadcasting Events: Use Laravel's event broadcasting system to emit chat messages. Set up a broadcasting driver, like Redis, and configure it in the config/broadcasting.php.
Install Dependencies: Install laravel-echo, pusher-js (if using Pusher), and socket.io-client.
Create Chat Events: Define a Laravel event (e.g., MessageSent) to broadcast messages using implements ShouldBroadcast.
Run a Socket.IO Server: Set up a Node.js server for Socket.IO to handle real-time communication.
Listen on the Client Side: Use Laravel Echo to listen for broadcast events and update the UI in real-time.
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