periodically sending messages to all clients using signalr

Question

I want to send some data from server to all connected clients using hubs after a specific interval. How can I accomplish this using signalr hubs.

Answer 1

Just add

Thread.Sleep(5000);

in your send Method.

Ex:

    public void Send(string name, string message)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(5000);
        //call the broadcast message to upadate the clients.
        Clients.All.broadcastMessage(name, message); 
    }

Hope it helps.

Edit

The following code renders the current time for every 5 seconds.

Here is script for it:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $.connection.hub.logging = true;
        $.connection.hub.start();
        // Declare a proxy to reference the hub.  
        var chat = $.connection.chatHub;

        //Appending the responce from the server to the discussion id
        chat.client.currentTime = function (time) {
            $('#discussion').append("<br/>" + time + "<br/>");
        };

        // Start the connection. 
        $.connection.hub.start().done(function () {

            //Call the server side method for every 5 seconds
            setInterval(function () {
                var date = new Date();
                chat.client.currentTime(date.toString());
            }, 5000);
        });

    }); 
</script>

<div id="discussion"></div>

And on the HubClass write the following:

public class ChatHub: Hub
   {
        public void currentTime(string date)
        {
            Clients.All.broadCastTime(date);
        }
   }