defmodule Drab do require Logger @moduledoc """ Drab allows to query and manipulate the User Interface directly from the Phoenix server backend. To enable it on the specific page you must find its controller and enable Drab by `use Drab.Controller` there: defmodule DrabExample.PageController do use Example.Web, :controller use Drab.Controller def index(conn, _params) do render conn, "index.html" end end Notice that it will enable Drab on all the pages generated by `DrabExample.PageController`. All Drab functions (callbacks and event handlers) should be placed in a module called 'commander'. It is very similar to controller, but it does not render any pages - it works with the live page instead. Each controller with enabled Drab should have the corresponding commander. defmodule DrabExample.PageCommander do use Drab.Commander, onload: :page_loaded # Drab Callbacks def page_loaded(socket) do socket |> update(:html, set: "Welcome to Phoenix+Drab!", on: "div.jumbotron h2") socket |> update(:html, set: "Please visit Drab page for more examples and description", on: "div.jumbotron p.lead") end # Drab Events def button_clicked(socket, dom_sender) do socket |> update(:text, set: "alread clicked", on: this(dom_sender)) end end Drab treats browser page as a database, allows you to read and change the data there. Please refer to `Drab.Query` documentation to find out how `Drab.Query.select/2` or `Drab.Query.update/2` works. ## Modules Drab is modular. You my choose which modules to use in the specific Commander by using `:module` option in `use Drab.Commander` directive. By default, `Drab.Query` and `Drab.Modal` are loaded, but you may override it using options with `use Drab.Commander` directive. Every module must have the corresponding javascript template, which is added to the client code in case the module is loaded. """ use GenServer @doc false def start_link(socket) do GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, socket) end @doc false def init(socket) do {:ok, socket} end @doc false def handle_cast({:onload, socket}, _) do # socket is coming from the first request from the client cmdr = commander(socket) onload = drab_config(cmdr).onload if onload do # only if onload exists apply(cmdr, onload, [socket]) end {:noreply, socket} end @doc false def handle_cast({:onconnect, socket}, _) do cmdr = commander(socket) onconnect = drab_config(cmdr).onconnect if onconnect do # only if onconnect exists apply(cmdr, onconnect, [socket]) end {:noreply, socket} end @doc false # any other cast is an event handler def handle_cast({_, socket, payload, event_handler_function, reply_to}, _) do do_handle_cast(socket, event_handler_function, payload, reply_to) end defp do_handle_cast(socket, event_handler_function, payload, reply_to) do commander_module = commander(socket) # raise a friendly exception when misspelled the function handler name unless function_exists?(commander_module, event_handler_function) do raise "Drab can't find the event handler function \"#{commander_module}.#{event_handler_function}/2\"." end # TODO: rethink the subprocess strategies - now it is just spawn_link spawn_link fn -> dom_sender = Map.delete(payload, "event_handler_function") returned_socket = apply( commander_module, String.to_existing_atom(event_handler_function), [socket, dom_sender] ) # check if the handler return socket, if not - ignore # TODO: change the warning to exception updated_store = case returned_socket do %Phoenix.Socket{assigns: returned_assigns} -> returned_assigns.drab_store ret -> Logger.warn("Event Handler should return `socket`. It returned: `#{inspect(ret)}` instead. The store will not be updated.") socket.assigns.drab_store end drab_store_token = Phoenix.Token.sign(socket, "drab_store_token", updated_store) # Send a message to browser to run the "after event" callback # eg. for enabling the buttons after handling events Phoenix.Channel.push(socket, "event", %{ finished: reply_to, drab_store_token: drab_store_token, }) end {:noreply, socket} end defp function_exists?(module_name, function_name) do module_name.__info__(:functions) |> Enum.map(fn {f, _} -> Atom.to_string(f) end) |> Enum.member?(function_name) end @doc false def push_and_wait_for_response(socket, pid, message, options \\ []) do push(socket, pid, message, options) receive do {:got_results_from_client, reply} -> reply end end @doc false def push(socket, pid, message, options \\ []) do do_push_or_broadcast(socket, pid, message, options, &Phoenix.Channel.push/3) end @doc false def broadcast(socket, pid, message, options \\ []) do do_push_or_broadcast(socket, pid, message, options, &Phoenix.Channel.broadcast/3) end defp do_push_or_broadcast(socket, pid, message, options, function) do m = options |> Enum.into(%{}) |> Map.merge(%{sender: tokenize(socket, pid)}) function.(socket, message, m) end @doc false def tokenize(socket, pid) do myself = :erlang.term_to_binary(pid) Phoenix.Token.sign(socket, "sender", myself) end # returns the commander name for the given controller (assigned in token) defp commander(socket) do # Logger.debug "**** ASSIGNS: #{inspect(socket.assigns)}" controller = socket.assigns.controller controller.__drab__()[:commander] end # if module is commander or controller with drab enabled, it has __drab__/0 function with Drab configuration defp drab_config(module) do module.__drab__() end @doc """ Returns map of Drab configuration options. All the config values may be override in `config.exs`, for example: config :drab, disable_controls_while_processing: false Configuration options: * `disable_controls_while_processing` (default: `true`) - after sending request to the server, sender will be disabled until get the answer; warning: this behaviour is not broadcasted, so only the control in the current browers will be disabled * `events_to_disable_while_processing` (default: `["click"]`) - list of events which will be disabled when waiting for server response * `disable_controls_when_disconnected` (default: `true`) - disables control when there is no connectivity between the browser and the server * `socket` (default: `"/drab/socket"`) - path to Drab socket """ def config() do %{ disable_controls_while_processing: Application.get_env(:drab, :disable_controls_while_processing, true), events_to_disable_while_processing: Application.get_env(:drab, :events_to_disable_while_processing, ["click"]), disable_controls_when_disconnected: Application.get_env(:drab, :disable_controls_when_disconnected, true), socket: Application.get_env(:drab, :socket, "/drab/socket") } end end