);
};
// --- Robot Connected ---
export const RobotConnected = () => {
/**
* The current connection state:
* - `true`: Robot is connected.
* - `false`: Robot is not connected.
* - `null`: Connection status is unknown (initial check in progress).
*/
const [connected, setConnected] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
// Open a Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection to receive live ping updates.
// We're expecting a stream of data like that looks like this: `data = False` or `data = True`
const eventSource = new EventSource(`${API_BASE_URL}/robot/ping_stream`);
eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
// Expecting messages in JSON format: `true` or `false`
//commented out this log as it clutters console logs, but might be useful to debug
//console.log("received message:", event.data);
try {
const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
try {
setConnected(data)
}
catch {
console.log("couldnt extract connected from incoming ping data")
}
} catch {
console.log("Ping message not in correct format:", event.data);
}
};
// Clean up the SSE connection when the component unmounts.
return () => eventSource.close();
}, []);
return (
Connection:
{connected ? "● Robot is connected" : "● Robot is disconnected"}