Backend Configuration

npm install pusher

import Pusher from 'pusher'

const pusher = new Pusher({
  appId: process.env.SOCKETO_APP_KEY!,
  key: process.env.SOCKETO_APP_KEY!,
  secret: process.env.SOCKETO_APP_SECRET!,
  host: process.env.SOCKETO_HOST ?? 'api.socketo.dev',
  port: Number(process.env.SOCKETO_PORT ?? 443),
  useTLS: (process.env.SOCKETO_SCHEME ?? 'https') === 'https',
})

// 1. Single channel trigger
await pusher.trigger('orders', 'order-created', { id: 'ord_123' })

// 2. Multi-channel broadcast (up to 100 channels)
await pusher.trigger(['orders', 'analytics'], 'order-created', { id: 'ord_123' })

// 3. Socket exclusion (prevent echo to originator)
await pusher.trigger('orders', 'order-created', { id: 'ord_123' }, {
  socket_id: originatingSocketId,
})

// 4. Direct user broadcast (requires pusher.signin() on client)
await pusher.sendToUser('user_42', 'payment-received', { amount: 99.00 })

composer require pusher/pusher-php-server

'connections' => [
    'pusher' => [
        'driver' => 'pusher',
        'key' => env('SOCKETO_APP_KEY'),
        'secret' => env('SOCKETO_APP_SECRET'),
        'app_id' => env('SOCKETO_APP_ID'),
        'options' => [
            'host' => env('SOCKETO_HOST', 'api.socketo.dev'),
            'port' => (int) env('SOCKETO_PORT', 443),
            'scheme' => env('SOCKETO_SCHEME', 'https'),
            'useTLS' => env('SOCKETO_SCHEME', 'https') === 'https',
            'cluster' => 'socketo',
        ],
    ],
],

BROADCAST_CONNECTION=pusher

SOCKETO_APP_ID="your-app-key"
SOCKETO_APP_KEY="your-app-key"
SOCKETO_APP_SECRET="your-app-secret"
SOCKETO_HOST="api.socketo.dev"
SOCKETO_PORT=443
SOCKETO_SCHEME="https"