Getting started with Actix-Web Websockets

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Hello

I have a Actix-Web application where users can place orders. Currently I am making the live order panel where the restaurant owner can view the incoming orders.

This panel needs to be live-updated to display the newly incoming orders. One way to do this is by making a AJAX-request every few minutes to update the order-table.
But I was thinking that there maybe is a better way: Could I use Websockets to get some kind of push-message each time a new order is placed?

Could I use Javascript's Websocket as a client, and in Actix-web send a push message each time an order is placed? How would I start with implementing this?

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Axum has an example that implements a simple chat room with WebSockets that would be a good starting point

You could also use server sent events instead of WebSockets, though I'm not sure if there's a significant advantage to doing that anymore?

Edit: oops I misread actix as Axum, my bad! I haven't used Actix, and the repo doesn't have as many examples but the same general principles should apply

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Thanks. I am getting close. Follow-up question: Executing send_message from Actix Websocket Chat example

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