revamped handling of unread messages, so that a socket call is made to all socket clients whenever a new unread message is available. Prior behaviour had the unread count updated via ajax call on ajaxify (which was clumsy at best and didn't update automagically)

public/src/forum/footer.js

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 			if (chat.modalExists(data.fromuid)) {
 				modal = chat.getModal(data.fromuid);
 				chat.appendChatMessage(modal, data.message, data.timestamp);
-				
+
 				if (modal.is(":visible")) {
 					chat.load(modal.attr('UUID'));
 				} else {
@@ -196,6 +196,24 @@
 		});
 	});
 
+	function updateUnreadCount(count) {
+		var badge = $('#numUnreadBadge');
+			badge.html(count > 20 ? '20+' : count);
+
+			if (count > 0) {
+				badge
+					.removeClass('badge-inverse')
+					.addClass('badge-important');
+			} else {
+				badge
+					.removeClass('badge-important')
+					.addClass('badge-inverse');
+			}
+	}
+
+	socket.on('event:unread.updateCount', updateUnreadCount);
+	socket.emit('api:unread.count', updateUnreadCount);
+
 	require(['mobileMenu'], function(mobileMenu) {
 		mobileMenu.init();
 	});

public/src/utils.js

@@ -185,20 +185,20 @@
 				}
 			});
 
-			jQuery.getJSON(RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/unread/total', function(data) {
-				var badge = jQuery('#numUnreadBadge');
-				badge.html(data.count > 20 ? '20+' : data.count);
-
-				if (data.count > 0) {
-					badge
-						.removeClass('badge-inverse')
-						.addClass('badge-important');
-				} else {
-					badge
-						.removeClass('badge-important')
-						.addClass('badge-inverse');
-				}
-			});
+			// jQuery.getJSON(RELATIVE_PATH + '/api/unread/total', function(data) {
+			// 	var badge = jQuery('#numUnreadBadge');
+			// 	badge.html(data.count > 20 ? '20+' : data.count);
+
+			// 	if (data.count > 0) {
+			// 		badge
+			// 			.removeClass('badge-inverse')
+			// 			.addClass('badge-important');
+			// 	} else {
+			// 		badge
+			// 			.removeClass('badge-important')
+			// 			.addClass('badge-inverse');
+			// 	}
+			// });
 		},
 
 		isRelativeUrl: function(url) {

src/feed.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	}
 
 	Feed.updateTopic = function (tid, callback) {
-		topics.getTopicWithPosts(tid, 0, 0, -1, function (err, topicData) {
+		topics.getTopicWithPosts(tid, 0, 0, -1, true, function (err, topicData) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(new Error('topic-invalid'));
 			}

src/posts.js

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ var RDB = require('./redis'),
 							next();
 						});
 					},
+					function(next) {
+						topics.pushUnreadCount(null, next);
+					},
 					function(next) {
 						Posts.getCidByPid(postData.pid, function(err, cid) {
 							if(err) {

src/routes/api.js

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 
 			app.get('/topic/:id/:slug?', function (req, res, next) {
 				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
-				topics.getTopicWithPosts(req.params.id, uid, 0, 10, function (err, data) {
+				topics.getTopicWithPosts(req.params.id, uid, 0, 10, false, function (err, data) {
 					if (!err) {
 						if (data.deleted === '1' && data.expose_tools === 0) {
 							return res.json(404, {});

src/routes/debug.js

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ var	DebugRoute = function(app) {
 				});
 			});
 		});
+
+		app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
+			topics.pushUnreadCount();
+			res.send();
+		});
 	});
 };
 

src/topics.js

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	notifications = require('./notifications'),
 	feed = require('./feed'),
 	favourites = require('./favourites'),
-	meta = require('./meta');
+	meta = require('./meta')
+
+	websockets = require('./websockets');
 
 
 (function(Topics) {
@@ -91,7 +93,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 						Topics.markAsRead(tid, uid);
 					});
 
-
 					// in future it may be possible to add topics to several categories, so leaving the door open here.
 					RDB.zadd('categories:' + cid + ':tid', timestamp, tid);
 					RDB.hincrby('category:' + cid, 'topic_count', 1);
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 						// Auto-subscribe the post creator to the newly created topic
 						threadTools.toggleFollow(tid, uid);
 
+						Topics.pushUnreadCount();
+
 						Topics.getTopicForCategoryView(tid, uid, function(topicData) {
 							topicData.unreplied = 1;
 
@@ -394,6 +397,29 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 	};
 
+	Topics.pushUnreadCount = function(uids, callback) {
+		console.log('uids', uids);
+		if (uids == 0) throw new Error();
+		if (!uids) {
+			clients = websockets.getConnectedClients();
+			uids = Object.keys(clients);
+		} else if (!Array.isArray(uids)) {
+			uids = [uids];
+		}
+
+		async.each(uids, function(uid, next) {
+			Topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 19, function(err, tids) {
+				websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', tids.length);
+			});
+		}, function(err) {
+			winston.error(err);
+
+			if (callback) {
+				callback();
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
 	Topics.getTopicsByTids = function(tids, current_user, callback, category_id) {
 
 		var retrieved_topics = [];
@@ -497,14 +523,18 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 	}
 
-	Topics.getTopicWithPosts = function(tid, current_user, start, end, callback) {
+	Topics.getTopicWithPosts = function(tid, current_user, start, end, quiet, callback) {
 		threadTools.exists(tid, function(exists) {
 			if (!exists) {
 				return callback(new Error('Topic tid \'' + tid + '\' not found'));
 			}
 
-			Topics.markAsRead(tid, current_user);
-			Topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
+			// "quiet" is used for things like RSS feed updating, HTML parsing for non-js users, etc
+			if (!quiet) {
+				Topics.markAsRead(tid, current_user);
+				Topics.pushUnreadCount(current_user);
+				Topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
+			}
 
 			function getTopicData(next) {
 				Topics.getTopicData(tid, next);

src/webserver.js

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 
 			async.waterfall([
 				function (next) {
-					topics.getTopicWithPosts(tid, ((req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0), 0, -1, function (err, topicData) {
+					topics.getTopicWithPosts(tid, ((req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0), 0, -1, true, function (err, topicData) {
 						if (topicData) {
 							if (topicData.deleted === '1' && topicData.expose_tools === 0) {
 								return next(new Error('Topic deleted'), null);

src/websockets.js

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 		var hs = socket.handshake,
 			sessionID, uid, lastPostTime = 0;
 
-
 		// Validate the session, if present
 		socketCookieParser(hs, {}, function(err) {
 			sessionID = socket.handshake.signedCookies["express.sid"];
@@ -106,8 +105,6 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 			});
 		});
 
-
-
 		socket.on('disconnect', function() {
 
 			var index = userSockets[uid].indexOf(socket);
@@ -870,6 +867,12 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 			});
 		});
 
+		socket.on('api:unread.count', function(callback) {
+			topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 19, function(err, tids) {
+				socket.emit('event:unread.updateCount', tids.length);
+			});
+		});
+
 		socket.on('api:category.loadMore', function(data, callback) {
 			var start = data.after,
 				end = start + 9;
@@ -1139,6 +1142,10 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 	websockets.in = function(room) {
 		return io.sockets.in(room);
 	};
+
+	websockets.getConnectedClients = function() {
+		return userSockets;
+	}
 }
 })(module.exports);