From d95c8cbe1f5ebce5531cc9a763836090f286a159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael McBride <michael.mcbride111@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 20:28:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Force regular message from client to prevent timeouts Fixes
 #19

---
 twirch/src/app/app.module.ts                       | 5 +++--
 twirch/src/app/services/channel-service.service.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/twirch/src/app/app.module.ts b/twirch/src/app/app.module.ts
index 7886805..e1a50c7 100644
--- a/twirch/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/twirch/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import { ToolbarComponent } from './components/toolbar/toolbar.component';
 const config: SocketIoConfig = {
   url: 'https://twirch.io',
   options: {
-    transports: ['polling', 'websocket']
-  }
+    transports: ['polling', 'websocket'],
+    closeOnBeforeunload: true
+  },
 };
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/twirch/src/app/services/channel-service.service.ts b/twirch/src/app/services/channel-service.service.ts
index f277489..ee69315 100644
--- a/twirch/src/app/services/channel-service.service.ts
+++ b/twirch/src/app/services/channel-service.service.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@ const _chatMessage: string = 'chat message';
 })
 export class ChannelService {
 
+  keepAliveTimer;
   chatMessage = this.socket.fromEvent<Message>(_chatMessage);
 
-  constructor(private socket: Socket) { }
+  constructor(private socket: Socket) {
+    this.keepAliveTimer = setInterval(this.keepAlive, 60000);
+  }
 
   selectChannels(channels: string[]): void {
     this.socket.emit(_joinChannels, channels);
   }
 
+  keepAlive(): void {
+    this.socket.emit('keepAlive', '');
+  }
+
 }