3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/action_cable.rb b/lib/action_cable.rb
index 1926201f1f..26b3980deb 100644
--- a/lib/action_cable.rb
+++ b/lib/action_cable.rb
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ module ActionCable
   autoload :Connection, 'action_cable/connection'
   autoload :RemoteConnection, 'action_cable/remote_connection'
   autoload :RemoteConnections, 'action_cable/remote_connections'
+  autoload :Broadcaster, 'action_cable/broadcaster'
 end
diff --git a/lib/action_cable/broadcaster.rb b/lib/action_cable/broadcaster.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2352876e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/action_cable/broadcaster.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module ActionCable
+  class Broadcaster
+    attr_reader :server, :channel, :redis
+    delegate :logger, to: :server
+
+    def initialize(server, channel)
+      @server = server
+      @channel = channel
+      @redis = @server.threaded_redis
+    end
+
+    def broadcast(message)
+      redis.publish channel, message.to_json
+      logger.info "[ActionCable] Broadcasting to channel (#{channel}): #{message}"
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/action_cable/server.rb b/lib/action_cable/server.rb
index bfadcee229..70b0610e92 100644
--- a/lib/action_cable/server.rb
+++ b/lib/action_cable/server.rb
@@ -38,10 +38,22 @@ module ActionCable
       end
     end
 
+    def threaded_redis
+      @threaded_redis ||= Redis.new(redis_config)
+    end
+
     def remote_connections
       @remote_connections ||= RemoteConnections.new(self)
     end
 
+    def broadcaster_for(channel)
+      Broadcaster.new(self, channel)
+    end
+
+    def broadcast(channel, message)
+      broadcaster_for(channel).broadcast(message)
+    end
+
     def connection_identifiers
       @connection_class.identifiers
     end