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pepperplus-ui/src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx
Twirre Meulenbelt 4395e44dbf feat: introduce backend url environment variable
ref: N25B-352
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// This program has been developed by students from the bachelor Computer Science at Utrecht
// University within the Software Project course.
// © Copyright Utrecht University (Department of Information and Computing Sciences)
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../config/api.ts';
/**
* Displays the current connection status of a robot in real time.
*
* Opens an SSE connection to the backend (`/robot/ping_stream`) that emits
* simple boolean JSON messages (`true` or `false`). Updates automatically when
* the robot connects or disconnects.
*
* @returns A React element showing the current robot connection status.
*/
export default function ConnectedRobots() {
/**
* 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<boolean | null>(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`
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 (
<div>
<h1>Is robot currently connected?</h1>
<div>
<h2>Robot is currently: {connected == null ? "checking..." : (connected ? "connected! 🟢" : "not connected... 🔴")} </h2>
<h3>
{connected == null ? "If checking continues, make sure CB is properly loaded with robot at least once." : ""}
</h3>
</div>
</div>
);
}