Laravel Event Broadcasting Example

Laravel event broadcasting with Node.js, Redis & Socket.io

Requirements

Node.js
Redis
Socket.io

Installation

1. Clone the the repository

   git clone https://github.com/sohelamin/laravel-event-broadcast.git
   

2. Navigate to your project directory and run

   composer install
   npm install
   php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
   php artisan key:generate
   

Usage

1. Start your project

   php artisan serve
   

2. Run socket.io using node

   node socket.js
   

3. Broadcast your event via http://localhost:8000/broadcast & listen via http://localhost:8000/listen

Via Docker

1. Start the docker's containers

   docker-compose up -d
   

2. Migrate tables & Listen the queues

   docker exec -it laraveleventbroadcast_app_1 bash
   cd /var/www
   php artisan migrate
   php artisan queue:listen
   

3. Run node

   docker exec -it laraveleventbroadcast_app_1 bash
   cd /var/www
   node socket.js
   

4. Broadcast your event via http://localhost/broadcast & listen via http://localhost/listen

##Author

Sohel Amin