To Connect to the SignalR Hub

If you want your external application to receive push notifications from MYOB Advanced or an MYOB Advanced Framework-based application but you cannot publish a web hook (for example, for security reasons), the system can send notifications to the SignalR hub, from which any connected application can receive the notifications.

To connect the external application to the SignalR hub, follow the instructions in this topic.

To Connect to the SignalR Hub

1. In your external application, set up a Basic authentication token to authenticate the application in MYOB Advanced or an MYOB Advanced Framework-based application, as shown in the following code.

   using System;
   using System.Text;
   
   class Program
   {  
     static void Main(string[] args)  
     {    
       var login = "admin"; 
       var tenant = "Tenant";  
       var password = "123";
       // Set up a Basic authentication token 
       var basicAuthToken = Convert.ToBase64String(
        Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(login+"@"+tenant+":"+password));
     }
   }

2. In your external application, connect to an instance of MYOB Advanced or an MYOB Advanced Framework-based application, as shown in the following code.

   using System;
   using System.Text;
   using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.Hubs;
   
   class Program
   {  
     static void Main(string[] args)  
     {    
       ...
       //Connect to an MYOB Advanced instance
       var connection = new HubConnection("http://localhost:8081/AcumaticaDB/");
       connection.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic "+basicAuthToken);
     }
   }

3. In your external application, create a proxy to the SignalR hub, based on the name of the hub that was specified in the Destination Name box when the push notification was defined on the Push Notifications (SM302000) form.

   using System;
   using System.Text;
   using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.Hubs;
   
   class Program
   {  
     static void Main(string[] args)  
     {    
       ...
       //Create a proxy to hub
       //Use "PushNotificationsHub" as the address of the hub
       var myHub = connection.CreateHubProxy("PushNotificationsHub");
       connection.Start().ContinueWith(task =>
       {       
         if(task.IsFaulted)
         {  
           Console.WriteLine(
             "There was an error during open of the connection:{0}", 
             task.Exception.GetBaseException());
         } 
         else 
         {   
           //Instead of "TestSignalR", specify the name 
           //that you specified on the Push Notifications form
           myHub.Invoke<string>("Subscribe", "TestSignalR").Wait();
         }
       }).Wait();
     }
   }

4. In your external application, define the class for a notification, as shown in the following code. For details on the format of the push notifications, see Push Notification Format.

   public class NotificationResult
   {  
     public object[] Inserted { get; set; }
     public object[] Deleted { get; set; }
     public string Query { get; set; }   
     public string CompanyId { get; set; }   
     public Guid Id { get; set; }   
     public long TimeStamp { get; set; }   
     public Dictionary<string, object> AdditionalInfo { get; set; }
   }

5. In your external application, process notifications. The following code displays the number of inserted and updated records specified in the notification in the console application window.

   using System;
   using System.Text;
   using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.Hubs;
   
   class Program
   {  
     static void Main(string[] args)  
     {    
       ...
       //Process the notifications
       myHub.On<NotificationResult>("ReceiveNotification", nr =>      
       {        
         Console.WriteLine("Inserted {0}", nr.Inserted.Length);
         Console.WriteLine("Deleted {0}", nr.Deleted.Length);
       });
       Console.Read(); 
       connection.Stop();
     }
   }

6. Compile and test your application.