Multi-Client Feature Vote

[hassandraga]

WebUI is a GUI library focusing on creating a GUI window using a web browser (Or WebView) and letting one user access and use it. This is working great for a desktop GUI software project. However, according to this discussion and many old discussions, WebUI cannot be used in web app (local website) projects because WebUI, by design, allows one single user (client) per window only.

A multi-client feature will be helpful for web apps, but implementing this feature will take time and significant core changes, and it will create those new APIs:

// Allow Multi-Client (NEW)
webui_set_config(multi_client, true);

// Events
void event(webui_event_t* e) {

    // New connection
    if (e->event_type == WEBUI_EVENT_CONNECTED) {

        // Get Client ID (NEW)
        size_t clientID = e->client_id;
    }

    // (NEW APIs)
    webui_run_client(clientID, ...); // Run JavaScript in a specific client
    webui_script_client(clientID, ...); // Run JavaScript in a specific client with response
    webui_show_client(clientID, ...); // Refresh UI of a specific client
    webui_close_client(clientID, ...); // Close UI of a specific client
    webui_navigate_client(clientID, ...); // Navigate in a specific client
    webui_send_raw_client(clientID, ...); // Send raw binary to a specific client

    // (UPDATED APIs)
    webui_script(...); // Return empty error... user should use `webui_script_client()` instead in multi-client mode
    webui_run(...); // Run JavaScript in ALL connected clients !
    webui_show(...); // Refresh UI of ALL connected clients !
    webui_close(...); // Close UI of ALL connected clients !
    webui_navigate(...); // Navigate in ALL connected clients !
    webui_send_raw(...); // Send raw binary to ALL connected clients !

    // Congratulations! Now you have a web app powered by your backend language.
}

Note: If no multi-client mode is set webui_set_config(multi_client, ...), then everything will stay and work as before.

[GodGavin]

of course it should be,and webui's goal should be better than blazor (cause balzor can not write in other languages except c#).But at the beginning webui can offer a interface,the specific implementation can be handed over to other backend languages, since web development and concurrency are strengths of these languages, for example, Go.

[GodGavin]

Do we have a discord group?please tell me the name I'd like to chat with people there

[neroist]

afaik, not at the moment. should one be made?

[hassandraga]

Implemented:

• Multi-Client Design (Heavy Core Change): 88c9996
• Update Bridge - One-time Token: 4caeb82
• New multi-client APIs: 92e98e8

Note:
Build-fix, web app examples and multi-client APIs documentation are coming soon.

[hassandraga]

• Cookies System: e8f6a8a
• First multi-client web app example: 56f787c