Added ability for admin to broadcast messages.

htdocs/lib/settings/ClientList.js

@@ -23,4 +23,18 @@ $.fn.clientList = function() {
             return false;
         });
     });
+
+    $('#broadcast-send').on('click', function(e) {
+        var text = $('#broadcast-text').val();
+        if (text.length > 0) {
+            $.ajax("/broadcast", {
+                data: JSON.stringify({ text: text }),
+                contentType: 'application/json',
+                method: 'POST'
+            }).done(function() {
+                $('#broadcast-text').val('');
+            });
+        }
+        return false;
+    });
 }

htdocs/settings.html

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ ${header}
     <div class="row">
         <h1 class="col-12">Clients</h1>
     </div>
+    <div class="row">
+        Broadcast message to all users
+        <input class="form-control form-control-sm" id="broadcast-text" placeholder="Message to broadcast" type="text" />
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger" style="align:right;" id="broadcast-send">send</button>
+    </div>
     <div class="row client-list">
         ${clients}
     </div>

owrx/client.py

@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class ClientRegistry(object):
         for c in self.clients:
             c.write_chat_message(name, text, color)
 
+    # Broadcast administrative message to all connected clients.
+    def broadcastAdminMessage(self, text: str):
+        for c in self.clients:
+            c.write_log_message(text)
+
     # Get client IP address from the handler.
     def getIp(self, handler):
         ip = handler.client_address[0]

owrx/controllers/clients.py

@@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ class ClientController(AuthorizationMixin, WebpageController):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("unban(): " + str(e))
             self.send_response("{}", content_type="application/json", code=400)
+
+    def broadcast(self):
+        try:
+            data = json.loads(self.get_body().decode("utf-8"))
+            text = data["text"].strip() if "text" in data else ""
+            if len(text) > 0:
+                logger.info("Broadcasting '{0}' to all clients".format(text))
+                ClientRegistry.getSharedInstance().broadcastAdminMessage(text)
+            self.send_response("{}", content_type="application/json", code=200)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug("broadcast(): " + str(e))
+            self.send_response("{}", content_type="application/json", code=400)

owrx/http.py

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ class Router(object):
             StaticRoute("/clients", ClientController),
             StaticRoute("/ban", ClientController, method="POST", options={"action": "ban"}),
             StaticRoute("/unban", ClientController, method="POST", options={"action": "unban"}),
+            StaticRoute("/broadcast", ClientController, method="POST", options={"action": "broadcast"}),
             StaticRoute("/login", SessionController, options={"action": "loginAction"}),
             StaticRoute("/login", SessionController, method="POST", options={"action": "processLoginAction"}),
             StaticRoute("/logout", SessionController, options={"action": "logoutAction"}),