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src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js

@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ exports.handleMessage = function(client, message)
     // handleMessage will be called, even if the client is not authorized
     hooks.aCallAll("handleMessage", { client: client, message: message }, function ( err, messages ) {
       if(ERR(err, callback)) return;
-      
       _.each(messages, function(newMessage){
         if ( newMessage === null ) {
           dropMessage = true;
@@ -193,6 +192,7 @@ exports.handleMessage = function(client, message)
         handleSuggestUserName(client, message);
       } else {
         messageLogger.warn("Dropped message, unknown COLLABROOM Data  Type " + message.data.type);
+console.warn(message);
       }
     } else {
       messageLogger.warn("Dropped message, unknown Message Type " + message.type);
@@ -254,6 +254,27 @@ function handleSaveRevisionMessage(client, message){
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Handles a custom message, different to the function below as it handles objects not strings and you can direct the message to specific sessionID
+ *
+ * @param msg {Object} the message we're sending
+ * @param sessionID {string} the socketIO session to which we're sending this message
+ */
+exports.handleCustomObjectMessage = function (msg, sessionID, cb) {
+  if(msg.data.type === "CUSTOM"){
+    if(sessionID){ // If a sessionID is targeted then send directly to this sessionID
+      console.warn("Sent msg", msg);
+      console.warn("to sessionID", sessionID);
+      // socketio.clients[sessionID].send(msg);
+      socketio.sockets.socket(sessionID).emit(msg); // send a targeted message
+    }else{
+      socketio.sockets.in(msg.data.padId).json.send(msg); // broadcast to all clients on this pad
+    }
+  }
+  cb(null, {});
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Handles a custom message (sent via HTTP API request)
  *
@@ -1478,3 +1499,5 @@ exports.padUsers = function (padID, callback) {
     callback(null, {padUsers: result});
   });
 }
+
+exports.sessioninfos = sessioninfos;

src/static/js/collab_client.js

@@ -278,8 +278,9 @@ function getCollabClient(ace2editor, serverVars, initialUserInfo, options, _pad)
     if (!getSocket()) return;
     if (!evt.data) return;
     var wrapper = evt;
-    if (wrapper.type != "COLLABROOM") return;
+    if (wrapper.type != "COLLABROOM" && wrapper.type != "CUSTOM") return;
     var msg = wrapper.data;
+
     if (msg.type == "NEW_CHANGES")
     {
       var newRev = msg.newRev;
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ function getCollabClient(ace2editor, serverVars, initialUserInfo, options, _pad)
         callbacks.onUserLeave(userInfo);
       }
     }
+
     else if (msg.type == "DISCONNECT_REASON")
     {
       appLevelDisconnectReason = msg.reason;

src/static/js/pad.js

@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ var pad = {
   
     //initialize the chat
     chat.init(this);
+    padcookie.init();
     pad.initTime = +(new Date());
     pad.padOptions = clientVars.initialOptions;