Channel Groups API for PubNub AngularJS SDK

Channel groups allow PubNub developers to bundle thousands of channels into a group that can be identified by a name. These channel groups can then be subscribed to, receiving data from the many back-end channels the channel group contains.

Channel group operations

You can't publish to a channel group. You can only subscribe to it. To publish within the channel group, you need to publish to each channel individually.

Add Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

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

This function adds a channel to a channel group.

Method(s)

Adding Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the AngularJS SDK:

Note

200 channels can be added to the channel group per API call.

Pubnub.channelGroups.addChannels({Array channels, String channelGroup},Function callback)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Operation Arguments	Hash	Yes	A hash of arguments.
channels	Array	Yes	The channel to add to the channel group.
channelGroup	String	Yes	The channelGroup to add the channels to.
callback	Function	Optional	Executes on a successful/unsuccessful addChannels.

Basic Usage

Pubnub.channelGroups.addChannels(
    {
        channels: ['ch1', 'ch2'],
        channelGroup: "myChannelGroup"
    },
    function(status) {
        if (status.error) {
            console.log("operation failed w/ status: ", status);
        } else {
            console.log("operation done!");
        }
    }
);

Response

{
    error: false,
    operation: "PNAddChannelsToGroupOperation",
    statusCode: 200
}

List Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

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

This function lists all the channels of the channel group.

Method(s)

Listing Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the AngularJS SDK:

Pubnub.channelGroups.listChannels({String channelGroup},Function callback)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Operation Arguments	Hash	Yes	A hash of arguments.
channelGroup	String	Yes	Channel Group to list the channel(s) of.
callback	Function	Optional	Executes on a successful/unsuccessful listChannels.

Basic Usage

// assuming an intialized Pubnub instance already exists
Pubnub.channelGroups.listChannels(
    {
        channelGroup: "myChannelGroup"
    },
    function(status, response) {
        if (status.error) {
            console.log("operation failed w/ error:", status);
            return;
        }

        console.log("listing push channel for device");
        response.channels.forEach( function(channel) {
            console.log(channel);
        });

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Response

// Example of Status
{
    error: false,
    operation: "PNChannelsForGroupOperation",
    statusCode: 200
}

// Example of Response
{
    channels: ["ch1", "ch2"]
}

Remove Channels

Requires Stream Controller add-on

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

This function removes the channels from the channel group.

Method(s)

Removing Channels is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the AngularJS SDK:

Pubnub.channelGroups.removeChannels({Array channels, String channelGroup},Function callback)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Operation Arguments	Hash	Yes	A hash of arguments.
channels	Array	Yes	The channel to remove from the channel group.
channelGroup	String	Yes	The channelGroup to remove the channels from.
callback	Function	Optional	Executes on a successful/unsuccessful removeChannels.

Basic Usage

// assuming an initialized Pubnub instance already exists
Pubnub.channelGroups.removeChannels(
    {
        channels: ["son"],
        channelGroup: "family"
    },
    function (status) {
        if (status.error) {
            console.log("operation failed w/ error:", status);
        } else {
            console.log("operation done!");
        }
    }
);

Response

{
    error: false,
    operation: "PNRemoveChannelsFromGroupOperation",
    statusCode: 200
}

Delete Channel Group

Requires Stream Controller add-on

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

This function removes the channel group.

Method(s)

Deleting Channel Group is accomplished by using the following method(s) in the AngularJS SDK:

Pubnub.channelGroups.deleteGroup({String channelGroup},Function callback)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Operation Arguments	Hash	Yes	A hash of arguments.
channelGroup	String	Yes	The channelGroup to remove.
callback	Function	Optional	Executes on a successful/unsuccessful deleteGroup.

Basic Usage

Pubnub.channelGroups.deleteGroup(
    {
        channelGroup: "family"
    },
    function (status) {
        if (status.error) {
            console.log("operation failed w/ error:", status);
        } else {
            console.log("operation done!");
        }
    }
);

Response

{
    error: false,
    operation: "PNRemoveGroupOperation",
    statusCode: 200
}