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:speech_balloon: An event emitter between browser tabs (same-origin only)
https://github.com/artskydj/tab-emitter
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:speech_balloon: An event emitter between browser tabs (same-origin only)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/artskydj/tab-emitter
- Owner: ArtskydJ
- Created: 2015-06-22T15:03:12.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-06-22T14:46:01.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-14T02:42:36.231Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: bazaar, broadcast, browser, browserify, crosstab, demo, emitter, event-emitter, ipc, node, pub, publish, subscribe, tab-emitter, xpc
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://artskydj.github.io/tab-emitter/
- Size: 148 KB
- Stars: 37
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 12
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# tab-emitter
> Emit events between browser tabs! (Same-origin only.)
[](https://travis-ci.org/ArtskydJ/tab-emitter)
`tab-emitter` is a client-side javascript module that allows you to send events between browser tabs/windows.
The sending/recieving web pages must have the [same origin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy).
You can not emit events between browsers, only between the same browser.
`tab-emitter` is written to work with [browserify](https://github.com/substack/node-browserify). It should work with Rollup and Webpack too.
# [Demo][demo]
[][demo]
# Example
*client1.js*
```js
var TabEmitter = require('tab-emitter')
var emitter = TabEmitter()
setTimeout(() => {
let data = { x: 'world' }
emitter.emit('hello', data)
}, 5000)
emitter.on('hello', data => {
console.log(data.x) // 'world'
})
```
*client2.js*
```js
var TabEmitter = require('tab-emitter')
var emitter = TabEmitter()
emitter.on('hello', data => {
console.log(data.x) // 'world'
})
```
# Don't use browserify?
If you just want to use this module in the browser without dealing with browserify, here's how you can:
```html
var emitter = window.tabEmitter()
emitter.on('event', () => {
console.log('event just happened')
})
setTimeout(() => {
emitter.emit('event')
}, 5000)
```
# API
```js
var TabEmitter = require('tab-emitter')
```
## `var emitter = TabEmitter([key])`
- `key` is a key to uniquely identify an emitter across tabs. If the same key is used in multiple tabs, they can communicate with each other.
- **Returns** `emitter`, which is an [`EventEmitter`][ee] instance.
## `emitter.emit(eventName, [...args])`
Emits an event to its own browser tab, as well as to other browser tabs of the same-origin.
- `eventName` is a string. `emitter.on` will watch for this string.
- You can have any number of `arg`s. They must be JSON serializable.
## `emitter.on(eventName, handler)`
Watches for events on other browser tabs of the same-origin, as well as its own browser tab.
- `eventName` is a string of the event name to watch for.
- `handler(...args)` is a function that will be called every time the event with the given name is emitted.
- `...args` are the arguments passed to `emitter.emit(eventName, ...args)`. The `eventName` is not included.
## `emitter.once`, `emitter.removeAllListeners`, `emitter.off`, etc.
For more extended documentation, please look at the official [`EventEmitter`][ee] documentation. Technically, `EventEmitter` is getting polyfilled by your choice of bundler. Likely with [this module](https://www.npmjs.com/package/events). But the API should be identical.
# Install
With [npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download) do:
npm install tab-emitter
# License
[MIT](http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)
[demo]: https://artskydj.github.io/tab-emitter/
[ee]: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v10.x/api/events.html