The Channel API Functions (Python)
The Channel API provides the following functions in the module google.appengine.api.channel
:
- create_channel(client_id,duration_minutes=None)
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Creates a channel. Returns a token for use by the JavaScript client listening on the channel.
Arguments:
- client_id
- An application-created string the server uses to identify individual JavaScript clients.
- duration_minutes
- The number of minutes for which the returned token will be valid. If none, use default (120 minutes).
- send_message(client_id, message)
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Asynchronously sends a message to a channel. No error is returned if the message cannot be delivered.
Arguments:
- client_id
- The key identifying a JavaScript client.
- message
- The message passed to the client.