Presence API for PubNub Dart SDK

Presence enables you to track the online and offline status of users and devices in real time and store custom state information. Presence provides authoritative information on:

• When a user has joined or left a channel
• Who, and how many, users are subscribed to a particular channel
• Which channel(s) an individual user is subscribed to
• Associated state information for these users

Learn more about our Presence feature here.

Here Now

Requires Presence add-on

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

You can obtain information about the current state of a channel including a list of unique user-ids currently subscribed to the channel and the total occupancy count of the channel by calling the hereNow() function in your application.

Cache

This method has a 3 second response cache time.

Method(s)

To call Here Now you can use the following methods in the Dart SDK:

pubnub.hereNow(
  {Keyset? keyset,
  String? using,
  Set<String> channels = const {},
  Set<String> channelGroups = const {},
  StateInfo? stateInfo}
) 

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
keyset	Keyset	Optional		Override for the PubNub default keyset configuration.
using	String	Optional		Keyset name from the keysetStore to be used for this method call.
channels	Set<String>	Optional		The channels to get the 'here now' details of.
channelGroups	Set<String>	Optional		The channelGroups to get the 'here now' details of.
stateInfo	StateInfo	Optional	false	If true, the response will include the presence states of the users for channels/channelGroups.

Basic Usage

Get a list of UUIDs subscribed to channel

var result = await pubnub.hereNow(channels: {'my_channel'});

Returns

The hereNow() operation returns a HereNowResult which contains the following operations:

Property Name	Type	Description
totalChannels	int	Total channels.
totalOccupancy	int	Total occupancy.
channels	Map<String?, ChannelOccupancy>	A map with values of ChannelOccupancy for each channel. See ChannelOccupancy for more details.

ChannelOccupancy

Property Name	Type	Description
channelName	String	Channel name.
count	int	Occupancy of the channel.
uuids	Map<String, OccupantInfo>	A map of OccupantInfo, see OccupantInfo for more details.

OccupantInfo

Property Name	Type	Description
uuid	String	UUID of the user.
state	dynamic	State of the user.

Other Examples

Returning State

Requires Presence add-on

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

var result =
    await pubnub.hereNow(channels: {'my_channel'}, stateInfo: StateInfo.all);

Example response:

{
    "status" : 200,
    "message" : "OK",
    "service" : "Presence",
    "uuids" : [
        {
            "uuid" : "myUUID0"
        },
        {
            "state" : {
                "abcd" : {
                    "age" : 15
                }
            },
            "uuid" : "myUUID1"

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Return Occupancy Only

Requires Presence add-on

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

You can return only the occupancy information for a single channel by specifying the channel and setting UUIDs to false:

var result =
    await pubnub.hereNow(channels: {'my_channel'});

Example response:

{
    "status": 200,
    "message": "OK",
    "payload": {
        "channels": {
            "81d8d989-b95f-443c-a726-04fac323b331": {
                "uuids": [ "70fc1140-uuid-4abc-85b2-ff8c17b24d59" ],
                "occupancy": 1
            },
            "81b7a746-d153-49e2-ab70-3037a75cec7e": {
                "uuids": [ "91363e7f-uuid-49cc-822c-52c2c01e5928" ],
                "occupancy": 1
            },
            "c068d15e-772a-4bcd-aa27-f920b7a4eaa8": {
                "uuids": [ "ccfac1dd-uuid-4afd-9fd9-db11aeb65395" ],

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Here Now for Channel Groups

var result = await pubnub.hereNow(channelGroups: {'cg1'});

Example response:

{
    occupancy : 4,
    uuids : ['123123234t234f34fuuid', '143r34f34t34fq34quuid', '23f34d3f4rq34r34ruuid', 'w34tcw45t45tcw435uuid']
}

Announce Heartbeat

Requires Presence add-on

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

A device linked to the UUID in the keyset can notify channels and channelGroups about its presence.

Method(s)

To call Announce Heartbeat you can use the following methods in the Dart SDK:

pubnub.announceHeartbeat(
  {Keyset? keyset,
  String? using,
  Set<String> channels = const {},
  Set<String> channelGroups = const {},
  int? heartbeat}
) 

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
keyset	Keyset	Optional		Override for the PubNub default keyset configuration.
using	String	Optional		Keyset name from the keysetStore to be used for this method call.
channels	Set<String>	Optional		The channels to notify.
channelGroups	Set<String>	Optional		The channelGroups to notify.
heartbeat	int	Optional		It is used to set the presence timeout period. It overrides the default value of 300 for Presence Timeout.

Basic Usage

Announce heartbeat to a single channel

var result = await pubnub.announceHeartbeat(channels: {'my_channel'});

Announce heartbeat to a channel group

var result = await pubnub.announceHeartbeat(channelGroups: {'cg1'});

Returns

The announceHeartbeat() operation returns a HeartbeatResult object which does not have actionable data.

Announce Leave

Requires Presence add-on

This method requires that the Presence add-on is enabled for your key in the Admin Portal. Read the support page on enabling add-on features on your keys.

Description

A device linked to the UUID in the keyset can notify channels and channelGroups that it has left (is no longer present).

Method(s)

To call Announce Leave you can use the following methods in the Dart SDK:

pubnub.announceLeave(
  {Keyset? keyset,
  String? using,
  Set<String> channels = const {},
  Set<String> channelGroups = const {}}
) 

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
keyset	Keyset	Optional	Override for the PubNub default keyset configuration.
using	String	Optional	Keyset name from the keysetStore to be used for this method call.
channels	Set<String>	Optional	The channels to notify.
channelGroups	Set<String>	Optional	The channelGroups to notify.

Basic Usage

Announce leave to a single channel

var result = await pubnub.announceLeave(channels: {'my_channel'});

Announce leave to a channel group

var result = await pubnub.announceLeave(channelGroups: {'cg1'});

Returns

The announceLeave() operation returns a LeaveResult object which has following property.

Property Name	Type	Description
action	String	Action name, for example leave.