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Realtime

Build modern web and mobile applications

Sync client state globally over WebSockets in Realtime

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Database changes

Listen to changes in the Database inserts, updates, and deletes and other changes.

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Presence

Store and synchronize online user state consistently across clients.

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Broadcast

Send any data to any client subscribed to the same Channel.

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What you can build with Realtime

Build any kind of Realtime application with ease, including any of these scenarios.

Toast messages

Listen to changes in the database and show users a toast message.

Live avatars

Share the status of users across multiple clients.

Live cursors

Share the position and status of multiple cursors across multiple clients.

Leaderboards

Listen to changes in your database regarding the scores of your users and display them live.

Live charts

Keep charts updated in Realtime by listening to changes in the database rather than polling at intervals.

In app chat

Listen to changes in the database to display up-to-date text messages.

Shared text editor

Users can collaborate with text documents or even code editors.

Shared whiteboard

Allow users to collaborate on a shared whiteboard, sharing positions and states of any kind of object in Realtime.

Location

Listen to changes in the database regarding the position of a moving coordinate.

Multiplayer games

Keep track of how long a player has been playing, who's turn it is and even share to other clients what the player is doing.

Form presence

Display the active selection of different users throughout an interactive form.

Simple and convenient APIs

APIs that you can understand. With powerful libraries that work on client and server-side applications.

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  import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

  const supabaseClient = createClient('URL', 'ANON')
  const channel = supabaseClient
    .channel('postgresChangesChannel')
    .on('postgres_changes', {
      event: 'INSERT',
      schema: 'public',
      table: 'messages'
    }, payload => console.log(payload))
    .subscribe()










      

  import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

  const supabaseClient = createClient('URL', 'ANON')
  const channel = supabaseClient.channel('presenceChannel', { configs: { presence: 'id123' } })

  channel
    .on('presence', { event: 'sync' }, () => console.log(channel.presenceState()))
    .on('presence', { event: 'join' }, ({ key, currentPresences, newPresences }) => console.log(key, currentPresences, newPresences))
    .on('presence', { event: 'leave' }, ({ key, currentPresences, leftPresences }) => console.log(key, currentPresences, leftPresences))
    .subscribe((status) => {
      if (status === 'SUBSCRIBED') {
        channel.track({ user_name: 'user123' })
        channel.track({ user_name: 'user345' })
      }
    })





      

  import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

  const supabaseClient = createClient('URL', 'ANON')
  const channel = supabaseClient.channel('broadcastChannel', { configs: { broadcast: { self: true, ack: true } } })

  channel
    .on('broadcast', { event: 'pos' }, payload => console.log(payload))
    .subscribe((status) => {
      if (status === 'SUBSCRIBED') {
        channel
        .send({ type: 'broadcast', event: 'pos', payload: { x: 0, y: 0 }})
        .then(status => {
          if (status === 'ok') console.log('ok')
    
          // if ack is false then channel.send will always return 'ok'
          if (status === 'timed out') console.log('timed out')
        })
      }
    })

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