hyperscript.org/dist/eventsource.js

a small scripting language for the web

///=========================================================================
/// This module provides the EventSource (SSE) feature for hyperscript
///=========================================================================

/// <reference path="./_hyperscript.js" />
/// <reference path="./eventsource.d.ts" />


(function (self, factory) {
	const plugin = factory(self)

	if (typeof exports === 'object' && typeof exports['nodeName'] !== 'string') {
		module.exports = plugin
	} else {
		if ('_hyperscript' in self) self._hyperscript.use(plugin)
	}
})(typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : this, self => {
	/**
	 * @param {import("./_hyperscript.js").Hyperscript} _hyperscript
	 */
	return _hyperscript => {
		_hyperscript.addFeature("eventsource", function (parser, runtime, tokens) {
			if (tokens.matchToken("eventsource")) {
				var urlElement;
				var withCredentials = false;

				// Get the name we'll assign to this EventSource in the hyperscript context
				/** @type {string} */
				var name = parser.requireElement("dotOrColonPath", tokens).evaluate();
				var nameSpace = name.split(".");
				var eventSourceName = nameSpace.pop();

				// Get the URL of the EventSource
				if (tokens.matchToken("from")) {
					urlElement = parser.requireElement("stringLike", tokens);
				}

				// Get option to connect with/without credentials
				if (tokens.matchToken("with")) {
					if (tokens.matchToken("credentials")) {
						withCredentials = true;
					}
				}

				/** @type {EventSourceStub} */
				var stub = {
					eventSource: null,
					listeners: [],
					retryCount: 0,
					open: function (url) {
						// calculate default values for URL argument.
						if (url == undefined) {
							if (stub.eventSource != null && stub.eventSource.url != undefined) {
								url = stub.eventSource.url;
							} else {
								throw "no url defined for EventSource.";
							}
						}

						// Guard multiple opens on the same EventSource
						if (stub.eventSource != null) {
							// If we're opening a new URL, then close the old one first.
							if (url != stub.eventSource.url) {
								stub.eventSource.close();
							} else if (stub.eventSource.readyState != EventSource.CLOSED) {
								// Otherwise, we already have the right connection open, so there's nothing left to do.
								return;
							}
						}

						// Open the EventSource and get ready to populate event handlers
						stub.eventSource = new EventSource(url, {
							withCredentials: withCredentials,
						});

						// On successful connection.  Reset retry count.
						stub.eventSource.addEventListener("open", function (event) {
							stub.retryCount = 0;
						});

						// On connection error, use exponential backoff to retry (random values from 1 second to 2^7 (128) seconds
						stub.eventSource.addEventListener("error", function (event) {
							// If the EventSource is closed, then try to reopen
							if (stub.eventSource.readyState == EventSource.CLOSED) {
								stub.retryCount = Math.min(7, stub.retryCount + 1);
								var timeout = Math.random() * (2 ^ stub.retryCount) * 500;
								window.setTimeout(stub.open, timeout);
							}
						});

						// Add event listeners
						for (var index = 0; index < stub.listeners.length; index++) {
							var item = stub.listeners[index];
							stub.eventSource.addEventListener(item.type, item.handler, item.options);
						}
					},
					close: function () {
						if (stub.eventSource != undefined) {
							stub.eventSource.close();
						}
						stub.retryCount = 0;
					},
					addEventListener: function (type, handler, options) {
						stub.listeners.push({
							type: type,
							handler: handler,
							options: options,
						});

						if (stub.eventSource != null) {
							stub.eventSource.addEventListener(type, handler, options);
						}
					},
				};

				// Create the "feature" that will be returned by this function.

				/** @type {EventSourceFeature} */
				var feature = {
					name: eventSourceName,
					object: stub,
					install: function (target) {
						runtime.assignToNamespace(target, nameSpace, eventSourceName, stub);
					},
				};

				// Parse each event listener and add it into the list
				while (tokens.matchToken("on")) {
					// get event name
					var eventName = parser.requireElement("stringLike", tokens, "Expected event name").evaluate(); // OK to evaluate this in real-time?

					// default encoding is "" (autodetect)
					var encoding = "";

					// look for alternate encoding
					if (tokens.matchToken("as")) {
						encoding = parser.requireElement("stringLike", tokens, "Expected encoding type").evaluate(); // Ok to evaluate this in real time?
					}

					// get command list for this event handler
					var commandList = parser.requireElement("commandList", tokens);
					addImplicitReturnToCommandList(commandList);
					tokens.requireToken("end");

					// Save the event listener into the feature.  This lets us
					// connect listeners to new EventSources if we have to reconnect.
					stub.listeners.push({
						type: eventName,
						handler: makeHandler(encoding, commandList),
					});
				}

				tokens.requireToken("end");

				// If we have a URL element, then connect to the remote server now.
				// Otherwise, we can connect later with a call to .open()
				if (urlElement != undefined) {
					stub.open(urlElement.evaluate());
				}

				// Success!
				return feature;

				////////////////////////////////////////////
				// ADDITIONAL HELPER FUNCTIONS HERE...
				////////////////////////////////////////////

				/**
				 * Makes an eventHandler function that can execute the correct hyperscript commands
				 * This is outside of the main loop so that closures don't cause us to run the wrong commands.
				 *
				 * @param {string} encoding
				 * @param {*} commandList
				 * @returns {EventHandlerNonNull}
				 */
				function makeHandler(encoding, commandList) {
					return function (evt) {
						var data = decode(evt["data"], encoding);
						var context = runtime.makeContext(stub, feature, stub);
						context.event = evt;
						context.result = data;
						commandList.execute(context);
					};
				}

				/**
				 * Decodes/Unmarshals a string based on the selected encoding.  If the
				 * encoding is not recognized, attempts to auto-detect based on its content
				 *
				 * @param {string} data - The original data to be decoded
				 * @param {string} encoding - The method that the data is currently encoded ("string", "json", or unknown)
				 * @returns {string} - The decoded data
				 */
				function decode(data, encoding) {
					// Force JSON encoding
					if (encoding == "json") {
						return JSON.parse(data);
					}

					// Otherwise, return the data without modification
					return data;
				}

				/**
				 * Adds a "HALT" command to the commandList.
				 * TODO: This seems like something that could be optimized:
				 * maybe the parser could do automatically,
				 * or could be a public function in the parser available to everyone,
				 * or the command-executer-thingy could just handle nulls implicitly.
				 *
				 * @param {*} commandList
				 * @returns void
				 */
				function addImplicitReturnToCommandList(commandList) {
					if (commandList.next) {
						return addImplicitReturnToCommandList(commandList.next);
					}

					commandList.next = {
						type: "implicitReturn",
						op: function (/** @type {Context} */ _context) {
							return runtime.HALT;
						},
						execute: function (/** @type {Context} */ _context) {
							// do nothing
						},
					};
				}
			}
		});
	}
})