Let subscribe() add my own id

[emilm]

I am not sure if this should be valid but to keep track of the graphql subscriptions on the server one expects a unique ID. This code to send your own string is out of reach:

let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
let message = protocol::Message::Subscribe {
    id: id.to_string(),
    payload: &op,
};

Should it be made possible to provide your own or should the server not rely on it?

[obmarg]

Just curious: what's the use case for setting your own id?

Either way: I'm not against exposing that functionality if we can find a nice way to integrate it into the API.

[emilm]

Thanks!

The idea is to have an unique identifier per subscription client so you can distinguish them on the server when tracking / holding a list of active connections, so you can add / remove them based on that ID in the dictionary. Some graphql clients just send 0 others send a GUID.

Otherwise you need to assign them on the server which seems difficult with the current server side APIs.

[obmarg]

The idea is to have an unique identifier per subscription client so you can distinguish them on the server when tracking / holding a list of active connections, so you can add / remove them based on that ID in the dictionary.

Do you want a unique identifier per subscription or per client? Guessing per subscription, but if it was per client then setting the connection payload with this function might be a better fit.

[emilm]

Thank you!

#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
struct CustomPayload {
    id: String
}

Then

let (client, actor) = Client::build(con).payload(
    CustomPayload { id: "123".to_string() }).unwrap()
    .await.unwrap();

Still shows up as session id "0" on the server.

Maybe I am doing this wrong. Forgive me. My rust knowledge isn't that good yet.

I guess the subscription level code doesn't get my id. I would assume it's per subscription this id comes into play. So I am not sure if this is carried on from the client to the sub. It needs to be the standard id property that is sent like in the first post.