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https://github.com/supabase-community/realtime-csharp

A C# client library for supabase/realtime.
https://github.com/supabase-community/realtime-csharp

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A C# client library for supabase/realtime.

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## [Notice]: v7.0.0 renames this package from `realtime-csharp` to `Supabase.Realtime`. The depreciation notice has been set in NuGet. The API remains the same.



## BREAKING CHANGES MOVING FROM v5.x.x to v6.x.x



- The realtime client now takes a "fail-fast" approach. On establishing an initial connection, client will throw

  a `RealtimeException` in `ConnectAsync()` if the socket server is unreachable. After an initial connection has been

  established, the **client will continue attempting reconnections indefinitely until disconnected.**

- [Major, New] C# `EventHandlers` have been changed to `delegates`. This should allow for cleaner event data access over

  the previous subclassed `EventArgs` setup. Events are scoped accordingly. For example, the `RealtimeSocket` error

  handlers will receive events regarding socket connectivity; whereas the `RealtimeChannel` error handlers will receive

  events according to `Channel` joining/leaving/etc. This is implemented with the following methods prefixed by (

  Add/Remove/Clear):

    - `RealtimeBroadcast.AddBroadcastEventHandler`

    - `RealtimePresence.AddPresenceEventHandler`

    - `RealtimeSocket.AddStateChangedHandler`

    - `RealtimeSocket.AddMessageReceivedHandler`

    - `RealtimeSocket.AddHeartbeatHandler`

    - `RealtimeSocket.AddErrorHandler`

    - `RealtimeClient.AddDebugHandler`

    - `RealtimeClient.AddStateChangedHandler`

    - `RealtimeChannel.AddPostgresChangeHandler`

    - `RealtimeChannel.AddMessageReceivedHandler`

    - `RealtimeChannel.AddErrorHandler`

    - `Push.AddMessageReceivedHandler`

- [Major, new] `ClientOptions.Logger` has been removed in favor of `Client.AddDebugHandler()` which allows for

  implementing custom logging solutions if desired.

  - A simple logger can be set up with the following:

  ```c#

  client.AddDebugHandler((sender, message, exception) => Debug.WriteLine(message));

  ```

- [Major] `Connect()` has been marked `Obsolete` in favor of `ConnectAsync()`

- Custom reconnection logic has been removed in favor of using the built-in logic from `[email protected]`.

- Exceptions that are handled within this library have been marked as `RealtimeException`s.

- The local, docker-composed test suite has been brought back (as opposed to remotely testing on live supabase servers)

  to test against.

- Comments have been added throughout the entire codebase and an `XML` file is now generated on build.



---



**See realtime-csharp in action [here](https://multiplayer-csharp.azurewebsites.net/).**



`realtime-csharp` is written as a client library for [supabase/realtime](https://github.com/supabase/realtime).



Documentation can be

found [here](https://supabase-community.github.io/realtime-csharp/api/Supabase.Realtime.Client.html).



The bulk of this library is a translation and c-sharp-ification of

the [supabase/realtime-js](https://github.com/supabase/realtime-js) library.



**The Websocket-sharp implementation that Realtime-csharp is dependent on does _not_ support TLS1.3**



## Getting Started



Care was had to make this API as _easytm_ to interact with as possible. `Connect()` and `Subscribe()`

have `await`-able signatures

which allow Users to be assured that a connection exists prior to interacting with it.



```c#

var endpoint = "ws://realtime-dev.localhost:4000/socket";

client = new Client(endpoint);



await client.ConnectAsync();



// Shorthand for registering a postgres_changes subscription

var channel = client.Channel("realtime", "public", "todos");



// Listen to Updates

channel.AddPostgresChangeHandler(ListenType.Updates, (_, change) =>

{

    var model = change.Model();

    var oldModel = change.OldModel();

});

await channel.Subscribe();

```



Leveraging `Postgrest.BaseModel`s, one ought to be able to coerce SocketResponse Records into their associated models by

calling:



```c#

// ...

var channel = client.Channel("realtime", "public", "users");



channel.AddPostgresChangeHandler(ListenType.Inserts, (_, change) =>

{

    var model = change.Model();

});



await channel.Subscribe();

```



## Broadcast



"Broadcast follows the publish-subscribe pattern where a client publishes messages to a channel with a unique

identifier. For example, a user could send a message to a channel with id room-1.



Other clients can elect to receive the message in real-time by subscribing to the channel with id room-1. If these

clients are online and subscribed then they will receive the message.



Broadcast works by connecting your client to the nearest Realtime server, which will communicate with other servers to

relay messages to other clients.



A common use-case is sharing a user's cursor position with other clients in an online game."



[Find more information here](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/realtime#broadcast)



**Given the following model (`CursorBroadcast`):**



```c#

class MouseBroadcast : BaseBroadcast { }

class MouseStatus

{

	[JsonProperty("mouseX")]

	public float MouseX { get; set; }



	[JsonProperty("mouseY")]

	public float MouseY { get; set; }



	[JsonProperty("userId")]

	public string UserId { get; set; }

}

```



**Listen for typed broadcast events**:



```c#

var channel = supabase.Realtime.Channel("cursor");



var broadcast = channel.Register(false, true);

broadcast.AddBroadcastEventHandler((sender, _) =>

{

    // Retrieved typed model.

    var state = broadcast.Current();

    

    Debug.WriteLine($"{state.Payload}: {state.Payload.MouseX}:{state.Payload.MouseY}");

});

await channel.Subscribe();

```



**Broadcast an event**:



```c#

var channel = supabase.Realtime.Channel("cursor");

var data = new CursorBroadcast { Event = "cursor", Payload = new MouseStatus { MouseX = 123, MouseY = 456 } };

channel.Send(ChannelType.Broadcast, data);

```



## Presence



"Presence utilizes an in-memory conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT) to track and synchronize shared state in an

eventually consistent manner. It computes the difference between existing state and new state changes and sends the

necessary updates to clients via Broadcast.



When a new client subscribes to a channel, it will immediately receive the channel's latest state in a single message

instead of waiting for all other clients to send their individual states.



Clients are free to come-and-go as they please, and as long as they are all subscribed to the same channel then they

will all have the same Presence state as each other.



The neat thing about Presence is that if a client is suddenly disconnected (for example, they go offline), their state

will be automatically removed from the shared state. If you've ever tried to build an “I'm online” feature which handles

unexpected disconnects, you'll appreciate how useful this is."



[Find more information here](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/realtime#presence)



**Given the following model: (`UserPresence`)**



```c#

class UserPresence: BasePresence

{

    [JsonProperty("lastSeen")]

    public DateTime LastSeen { get; set; }

}

```



**Listen for typed presence events**:



```c#

var presenceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();



var channel = supabase.Realtime.Channel("last-seen");

var presence = channel.Register(presenceId);



presence.AddPresenceEventHandler(EventType.Sync, (sender, type) =>

{

    foreach (var state in presence.CurrentState)

    {

        var userId = state.Key;

        var lastSeen = state.Value.First().LastSeen;

        Debug.WriteLine($"{userId}: {lastSeen}");

    }

});

await channel.Subscribe();

```



**Track a user presence event**:



```c#

var presenceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

var channel = supabase.Realtime.Channel("last-seen");



var presence = channel.Register(presenceId);

presence.Track(new UserPresence { LastSeen = DateTime.Now });

```



## Postgres Changes



"Postgres Changes enable you to listen to database changes and have them broadcast to authorized clients based

on [Row Level Security (RLS)](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/row-level-security) policies.



This works by Realtime polling your database's logical replication slot for changes, passing those changes to

the [apply_rls](https://github.com/supabase/walrus#reading-wal) SQL function to determine which clients have permission,

and then using Broadcast to send those changes to clients.



Realtime requires a publication called `supabase_realtime` to determine which tables to poll. You must add tables to

this publication prior to clients subscribing to channels that want to listen for database changes.



We strongly encourage you to enable RLS on your database tables and have RLS policies in place to prevent unauthorized

parties from accessing your data."



[Find More Information here](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/realtime#postgres-changes)



**Using the new `Register` method:**



```c#

var channel = supabase.Realtime.Channel("public-users");

channel.Register(new PostgresChangesOptions("public", "users"));

channel.AddPostgresChangeHandler(ListenType.All, (sender, change) =>

{

    switch (change.Event)

    {

        case EventType.Insert:

            // User has been created

            break;

        case EventType.Update:

            // User has been updated

            break;

        case EventType.Delete:

            // User has been deleted

            break;

    }

});

await channel.Subscribe();

```



## Status



- [x] Client Connects to Websocket

- [x] Socket Event Handlers

    - [x] Open

    - [x] Close - when channel is explicitly closed by server or by calling `Channel.Unsubscribe()`

    - [x] Error

- [x] Realtime Event Handlers

    - [x] `INSERT`

    - [x] `UPDATE`

    - [x] `DELETE`

    - [x] `*`

- [x] Join channels of format:

    - [x] `{database}`

    - [x] `{database}:{schema}`

    - [x] `{database}:{schema}:{table}`

    - [x] `{database}:{schema}:{table}:{col}.eq.{val}`

- [x] Responses supply a Generically Typed Model derived from `BaseModel`

- [x] Ability to remove subscription to Realtime Events

- [x] Ability to disconnect from socket.

- [x] Socket reconnects when possible

- [x] Unit Tests

- [x] Documentation

- [x] Nuget Release



## Package made possible through the efforts of:



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Made with [contrib.rocks](https://contrib.rocks/preview?repo=supabase-community%2Frealtime-csharp).



## Contributing



We are more than happy to have contributions! Please submit a PR.



## Testing



Note that the latest versions of `supabase/realtime` expect to be able to access a subdomain matching the tenant. For

the case of testing, this means that `realtime-dev.localhost:4000` should be available. To have tests run locally,

please add a hosts entry on your system for: `127.0.0.1  realtime-dev.localhost`