Scalable Drupal API for Updating Content with Asynchronous HTTP Requests
Like sharks, the internet never stops swimming and the internet is the fastest shark you've ever seen. In this age of metaphor and large and never ending content flow; page refreshes are out and we're gonna need a bigger boat.
Enter: Live Update
Live Update is a scalable and extensible API to enable content update without requiring a page refresh. You tell Drupal when new content is ready (say on saving of a node) and JQuery will find that new content and insert it into the user's browser. New content, no refresh.
This module came out of our work on the PBS: Engage project. The Live Chat system is a moderated Question and Answer session run by PBS featuring guests like Bill Moyers and Terry Lickona. We are pleased to work with PBS to contribute this back to community.
Asynchronous HTML requests is the tip of the spearhead that is blurring the boundaries between desktop and the web. And we're helping to bring it to Drupal. Check it out!
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Thanks. The asynchronous module is an exciting project, but the scope is a little different. It aims to globally change page loads into ajax loads.
Live Update is for specific controlled ajax requests.
The API documentation can be viewed here. It's fairly simple to use and you can look at the included modules for exmaples of how to use it!
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I can't wait to see how this turns out. There's an async page loading module that's still a little wonky in IE, but it doesn't have async HTTP requests... this would be totally dope to see pan out well. If I understood how to implement the API I would totally use this.