Should we add websockets for the poll to be live?

[Samuel-Martineau]

Currently, to have live data, we make an HTTP request twice per second. I think Web Sockets would be an alternative to consider. We could use Express WS or Socket.IO to transmit the data.

Pros: Prevents from doing unnecessary HTTP requests and spamming the server
Cons: To receive each new vote could spam the clients
Fix: We could make the server only send events each X seconds

Let me know what you think and, if you like the idea, I'll try to write a PR.

[D-B-0]

I think this is a good idea, as wobsockets events are faster then HTTP requests, end this is the perfect usecase for them

[Samuel-Martineau]

I think the best way to do it would be to use Socket.IO Rooms (One room per poll)

[shiffman]

@all-contributors add @Samuel-Martineau and @Dario-0 for ideas

[allcontributors]

@shiffman

I've put up a pull request to add @Samuel-Martineau! 🎉

[shiffman]

I'm open to this idea!

[pieterdeschepper]

I've added socket.io integration in this pull request