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Ask HN: How does Roam Research “call home”?

1 pointsby shibelabout 5 years ago
I’ve been trying to figure out how Roam Research (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;roamresearch.com&#x2F;) sends data back and forth from and to the server.<p>The app seems very responsive, and when I add&#x2F;omit&#x2F;edit objects, there’s nothing under the Network tab in Chrome’s dev tools.<p>How is RR doing this? I noticed IndexedDB instances but deleting them didn’t seem to affect anything.

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m11aabout 5 years ago
They&#x27;re using websockets I believe.<p>Look in the network tab for .ws (hosted on Firebase). You can inspect the messages using Chrome. It sends updates for every change to a block you make.
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Nextgridabout 5 years ago
A websocket? I&#x27;m assuming that once the websocket is open, any future traffic inside wouldn&#x27;t be logged in the developer tools?
dylzabout 5 years ago
Websockets probably. The built JS contains references to both WebSocket and Firebase.