Make the ping interval configurable

Readme.md

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ This fixes the causes of lint warnings (where possible).
 - DISABLE_SIGNUP
   - ``yes`` or ``no`` (default: no)
   - disables creating new families if ``yes`` is selected
+- PING_INTERVAL_SEC
+  - ping interval at the websocket in seconds
 
 ## HTTPS
 

src/config.ts

@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-// note: soem configuration parameters are read directly at the location where they are used
+// note: some configuration parameters are read directly at the location where they are used
 interface Config {
   mailWhitelist: Array<string>
   disableSignup: boolean
+  pingInterval: number
 }
 
 function parseYesNo (value: string) {
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@ function parseYesNo (value: string) {
 
 export const config: Config = {
   mailWhitelist: (process.env.MAIL_WHITELIST || '').split(',').map((item) => item.trim()).filter((item) => item.length > 0),
-  disableSignup: parseYesNo(process.env.DISABLE_SIGNUP || 'no')
+  disableSignup: parseYesNo(process.env.DISABLE_SIGNUP || 'no'),
+  pingInterval: parseInt(process.env.PING_INTERVAL_SEC || '25', 10) * 1000
 }

src/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * server component for the TimeLimit App
- * Copyright (C) 2019 Jonas Lochmann
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 - 2020 Jonas Lochmann
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import { Server } from 'http'
 import { createApi } from './api'
+import { config } from './config'
 import { VisibleConnectedDevicesManager } from './connected-devices'
 import { defaultDatabase, defaultUmzug } from './database'
 import { EventHandler } from './monitoring/eventhandler'
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ async function main () {
   const server = new Server(api)
 
   websocketServer.attach(server, {
-    serveClient: false
+    serveClient: false,
+    pingInterval: config.pingInterval
   })
 
   server.listen(process.env.PORT || 8080)