Pusher - with Wix HTTP Functions - pusher

Question

I am trying to integrate Pusher with the Wix HTTP Functions
For example:
A GET request is made to the Wix site ( path: '/findItems' ). After the request is made, I want to check for new insertion of items in the database. This, I found, I could do with the afterInsert hook. When the hook is hooked, I want to trigger the Pusher.
This is the code I am currently using http-functions.js:
import { ok, created, notFound, serverError } from 'wix-http-functions';
import wixData from 'wix-data';
import Pusher from "pusher";
const pusher = new Pusher({
appId: "xxxxx",
key: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
secret: "xxxxxxxxxxxx",
cluster: "xxxx",
useTLS: true
});
export function get_findItems(request) {
let options = {
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
};
return wixData.query("users")
.eq("firstName", request.path[0])
.eq("lastName", request.path[1])
.find()
.then((results) => {
if (results.items.length > 0) {
options.body = {
"items": results.items
};
return ok(options);
}
options.body = {
"error": `'${request.path[0]} ${request.path[1]}' was not found`
};
return notFound(options);
})
.catch((error) => {
options.body = {
"error": error
};
return serverError(options);
});
}
export function post_newItem(request) {
let options = {
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
};
return request.body.text()
.then( (body) => {
return wixData.insert("users", JSON.parse(body));
} )
.then( (results) => {
options.body = {
"inserted": results
};
return created(options);
} )
.catch( (error) => {
options.body = {
"error": error
};
return serverError(options);
} );
}
export function users_afterInsert(item, context) {
let hookContext = context;
pusher.trigger("channel", "action", {
firstName: item.firstName,
lastName: item.lastName
});
return item;
}
But unfortunately, Pusher does not get triggered. After Debugging, I found that the Pusher package is installed and working but not triggering only in the afterInsert hook!
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks !

Answer 1

The code for the afterInsert hook needs to be in a backend file named data.js, not in the http-functions.js file as you have it now.