Trying to send data to specific users.

[binarioGH]

*I am trying to send information from python to the frontend to different users, but it arrives to all the users.

Hello, I have a javascript that is able to modify the innerHTML of an element

function modifyElementById(ID, content){
	document.getElementById(ID).innerHTML = content;
}

I use it to send information depending on which button the user presses.

When I call it from python it modifies the element in all the clients, and not just in the one that clicked the button.

I also created a function that prints something in the console when the server says so because i wanted to test if that also arrived to all the clients, and it did, all the consoles printed the same at the same time.

function print_stuff(stuff){
	console.log(stuff);
}

My python side looks like this

import eel

def get_local_ip():
	sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
	sock.connect(("8.8.8.8", 8080))
	return sock.getsockname()[0]

eel.init("GUI")
eel.start("index.html", host=get_local_ip(), port=5000)

Is there a way I can modify this element in each individual client depending on what do they do?

I also thought of making it different, like returning the HTML that i want to put in the client and then letting the client edit it by its own, but i am not sure if the data is going to be sent to all the clients.

I hope you can answer. thanks.

[ChrisKnott]

I think if you respond directly to a call using return then it should only go back to the client that clicked it.

For example;

@eel.expose
def get_info():
    import random
    print('I was called')
    return random.random()

function on_click(){
    eel.get_info()(r => console.log(r));
}

The other option you have is to include something unique such as a username or IP address, and then the clients can filter out messages that aren't meant for them.

(I should say that the library was never designed with multiple users in mind, it is something that just happened to work.)