Handle connection loss gracefully

src/actions/socket.js

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-export const SOCKET_CONNECTED = "SOCKET_CONNECTED";
+export const SOCKET_STATE = {
-export const SOCKET_DISCONNECTED = "SOCKET_DISCONNECTED";
+  CONNECTED: "SOCKET_CONNECTED",
+  CONNECTING: "SOCKET_CONNECTING",
+  DISCONNECTED: "SOCKET_DISCONNECTED"
+};
 
-export const socket_connected = () => ({ type: SOCKET_CONNECTED });
+export const SOCKET_UPDATE = "SOCKET_UPDATE";
-export const socket_disconnected = () => ({ type: SOCKET_DISCONNECTED });
+
+export const socket_update = (state, reason=null) =>
+  ({ type: SOCKET_UPDATE, state, reason });

src/index.js

@@ -6,21 +6,25 @@ import { ConnectedRouter } from 'react-router-redux';
 import 'preact/devtools';
 import './polyfills';
 
-import store, { history } from './store';
+import store, { create, history } from './store';
 import scss from '../scss/main.scss';
 import { ws_init } from './socket';
 import { filter_subscribe } from './actions/filter_subscribe';
-import { socket_connected, socket_disconnected } from './actions/socket';
+import { socket_update, SOCKET_STATE } from './actions/socket';
 
 import Nav from './ui/navigation';
 import Main from './ui/main';
 import Connection from './ui/connection';
 
 export function initialize(uri) {
+  store.dispatch(socket_update(SOCKET_STATE.CONNECTING));
   ws_init(uri, () => {
-    store.dispatch(socket_connected());
+    store.dispatch(socket_update(SOCKET_STATE.CONNECTED));
     store.dispatch(filter_subscribe());
     store.dispatch(filter_subscribe('server'));
+  }, () => {
+    store.dispatch(socket_update(SOCKET_STATE.DISCONNECTED,
+      "You were disconnected."));
   });
 }
 

src/reducers/resource.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { UPDATE_RESOURCES, RESOURCES_REMOVED } from '../actions/resources';
+import { SOCKET_STATE, SOCKET_UPDATE } from '../actions/socket';
 
 export default function resourceReducer(type) {
   return (state = {}, action) => {
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ export default function resourceReducer(type) {
         return Object.values(state)
           .filter(r => action.ids.indexOf(r.id) === -1)
           .reduce((s, r) => ({ ...s, [r.id]: r }), {});
+      case SOCKET_UPDATE:
+        const _state = action.state;
+        return _state === SOCKET_STATE.CONNECTING ? {} : state;
     }
     return state;
   };

src/reducers/socket.js

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-import { SOCKET_CONNECTED, SOCKET_DISCONNECTED } from '../actions/socket';
+import { SOCKET_STATE, SOCKET_UPDATE } from '../actions/socket';
 
-export default function socket(state = { connected: false }, action) {
+export default function socket(_state = {
+  state: SOCKET_STATE.DISCONNECTED,
+  reason: null
+}, action) {
+  const { state, reason } = action;
   switch (action.type) {
-    case SOCKET_CONNECTED:
+    case SOCKET_UPDATE:
-      return { ...state, connected: true };
+      return { ..._state, state, reason };
-    case SOCKET_DISCONNECTED:
-      return { ...state, connected: false };
     default:
-      return state;
+      return _state;
   }
 }

src/socket.js

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ function ws_recv(e) {
   handler && handler(msg);
 }
 
-export function ws_init(uri, cb) {
+export function ws_init(uri, open, close) {
   ws = new WebSocket(uri);
-  ws.addEventListener("open", cb);
+  ws.addEventListener("open", open);
   ws.addEventListener("message", ws_recv);
-  ws.addEventListener("close", () => console.log("ws closed"));
+  ws.addEventListener("close", close);
 }

src/store.js

@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ export const history = createHistory();
 const _compose =
   window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__
   || compose;
-const store = createStore(
+
+let store;
+
+export const create = () => {
+  store = createStore(
     reducer,
     _compose(applyMiddleware(thunk, routerMiddleware(history))),
   );
+};
+create();
 
 if (module.hot) {
   // Enable webpack hot module replacement for reducers

src/ui/connection.js

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import {
+  Alert,
   Card,
   CardHeader,
   CardBlock,
   FormGroup,
+  Progress,
   Label,
   Input
 } from 'reactstrap';
 import { initialize } from '..';
+import { SOCKET_STATE } from '../actions/socket';
 
 class ConnectionOverlay extends Component {
   constructor() {
@@ -25,15 +28,29 @@ class ConnectionOverlay extends Component {
 
   render() {
     const { socket } = this.props;
-    if (socket.connected) {
+    if (socket.state === SOCKET_STATE.CONNECTED) {
       return null;
     }
+    if (socket.state === SOCKET_STATE.CONNECTING) {
+      return (
+        <div className="connection-overlay">
+          <Card>
+            <CardHeader>Connect to synapse</CardHeader>
+            <CardBlock>
+              <p className="text-center">Connecting...</p>
+              <Progress value={100} animated />
+            </CardBlock>
+          </Card>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
     const { uri, autoconnect } = this.state;
     return (
       <div className="connection-overlay">
         <Card>
           <CardHeader>Connect to synapse</CardHeader>
           <CardBlock>
+            {socket.reason && <Alert color="info">{socket.reason}</Alert>}
             <FormGroup>
               <Label for="socket-uri">Server URI</Label>
               <Input
@@ -56,7 +73,7 @@ class ConnectionOverlay extends Component {
             <button
               className="btn btn-primary"
               onClick={() => initialize(this.state.uri)}
-            >Connect</button>
+            >{socket.reason ? "Reconnect" : "Connect"}</button>
           </CardBlock>
         </Card>
       </div>