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Publish
var ably = new Ably.Realtime('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
var channel = ably.channels.get('end-log');
// Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.publish('greeting', 'hello');
AblyRealtime ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
Channel channel = ably.channels.get("end-log");
/* Publish a message to the end-log channel */
channel.publish("greeting", "hello");
ARTRest *ably = [[ARTRealtime alloc] initWithKey:@"1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC"];
ARTRealtimeChannel *channel = [ably.channels get:@"end-log"];
// Publish a message to the end-log channel
[channel publish:@"greeting" data:@"hello"];
let ably = ARTRealtime(key: "1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC")
let channel = ably.channels.get("end-log")
/// Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.publish("greeting", data: "hello")
var ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
var channel = ably.Channels.Get("end-log");
// Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.Publish("greeting", "hello");
var ably = new require('ably').Realtime('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
var channel = ably.channels.get('end-log');
// Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.publish('greeting', 'hello');
$ably = new Ably\AblyRest('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
$channel = $ably->channel('end-log');
// Publish a message to the end-log channel
$channel->publish('greeting', 'Hello!');
AblyRealtime ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
Channel channel = ably.channels.get("end-log");
/* Publish a message to the end-log channel */
channel.publish("greeting", "hello");
# Need to wrap within an EventMachine reactor which provides
# an asynchronous evented framework for the library to run within.
EventMachine.run do
ably = Ably::Realtime.new('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC')
end
channel = ably.channels.get('end-log')
# Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.publish 'greeting', 'hello'
ably = AblyRest('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC')
channel = ably.channels.get('end-log')
# Publish a message to the end-log channel
channel.publish('greeting', 'hello')
options := ably.NewClientOptions("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC")
ably, err := ably.NewRealtimeClient(options)
channel := ably.Channels.Get("end-log")
/* Publish a message to the end-log channel */
channel.Publish("greeting", "hello")
# Copy and paste the curl command below into your console to try this demo now
# Publish a message to the end-log channel
curl -X POST https://rest.ably.io/channels/end-log/messages \
-u '1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC' \
--data 'name=greeting&data=hello'
Subscribe
var ably = new Ably.Realtime('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
var channel = ably.channels.get('end-log');
// Subscribe to messages on channel
channel.subscribe('greeting', function(message) {
alert(message.data);
});
AblyRealtime ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
Channel channel = ably.channels.get("end-log");
/* Subscribe to messages on channel */
MessageListener listener;
listener = new MessageListener() {
@Override
public void onMessage(Message message) {
System.out.print(message.data);
}};
};
channel.subscribe("greeting", listener);
ARTRest *ably = [[ARTRealtime alloc] initWithKey:@"1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC"];
ARTRealtimeChannel *channel = [ably.channels get:@"end-log"];
// Subscribe to messages on channel
[channel subscribe:@"greeting" callback:^(ARTMessage *message) {
NSLog(@"%@", message.data);
}];
let ably = ARTRealtime(key: "1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC")
let channel = ably.channels.get("end-log")
// Subscribe to messages on channel
channel.subscribe("greeting") { message in
print("\(message.data)")
}
var ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
var channel = ably.Channels.Get("end-log");
/* Subscribe to messages on channel */
channel.Subscribe("greeting", (message) => {
Console.WriteLine(message.data);
});
var ably = new require('ably').Realtime('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
var channel = ably.channels.get('end-log');
// Subscribe to messages on channel
channel.subscribe('greeting', function(message) {
console.log(message.data);
});
$ably = new Ably\AblyRest('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC');
$channel = $ably->channel('end-log');
// Subscribe only supported by Realtime client library SDKs
// such as Javascript, iOS, Android, PHP supports history
// to retrieve messages over REST
$messagesPage = $channel->history();
echo($messagesPage->items[0]->data);
AblyRealtime ably = new AblyRealtime("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC");
Channel channel = ably.channels.get("end-log");
/* Subscribe to messages on channel */
MessageListener listener;
listener = new MessageListener() {
@Override
public void onMessage(Message message) {
System.out.print(message.data);
}};
};
channel.subscribe("greeting", listener);
# Need to wrap within an EventMachine reactor which provides
# an asynchronous evented framework for the library to run within.
EventMachine.run do
ably = Ably::Realtime.new('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC')
end
channel = ably.channels.get('end-log')
# Subscribe to messages on channel
channel.subscribe 'greeting' do |message|
puts message.data
end
ably = AblyRest('1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC')
channel = ably.channels.get('end-log')
# Subscribe only supported by Realtime client library SDKs
# such as Javascript, iOS, Android Python supports history
# to retrieve messages over REST
message_page = channel.history()
print(messagesPage.items[0].data)
options := ably.NewClientOptions("1WChTA.8o0EHw:as38QuK9-EIg-5rC")
ably, err := ably.NewRealtimeClient(options)
channel := ably.Channels.Get("end-log")
/* Subscribe to messages on channel */
sub, err := channel.Subscribe()
if err != nil {
// Handle err
}
for msg := range sub.MessageChannel() {
fmt.Println(msg.Data)
}
# Your browser is already subscribed to messages on channel end-log
# Copy and paste the curl command into your console now to see Ably realtime in action
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