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diff --git a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md index c531b6eee2..7bf6a73797 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_cable_overview.md @@ -190,6 +190,23 @@ This will ready a consumer that'll connect against `/cable` on your server by de The connection won't be established until you've also specified at least one subscription you're interested in having. +The consumer can optionally take an argument that specifies the url to connect to. This +can be a string, or a function that returns a string that will be called when the +WebSocket is opened. + +```js +// Specify a different url to connect to +createConsumer('https://ws.example.com/cable') + +// Use a function to dynamically generate the url +createConsumer(getWebSocketURL) + +function getWebSocketURL { + const token = localStorage.get('auth-token') + return `https://ws.example.com/cable?token=${token}` +} +``` + #### Subscriber A consumer becomes a subscriber by creating a subscription to a given channel: |