Reconnecting

[jvorcak]

Hi,

I'd like to ask, how can I solve reconnecting issue using this library. Or should I do connect every time I want to make a call? That doesn't really make a sense when websockets are involved. When a server goes down, I'd expect a websocket to try to reconnect, or am I wrong?

[mikemintz]

@jvorcak This library is currently intended to provide the same API as the official rethinkdb javascript driver, identical except using a websocket instead of a TCP socket.

For something higher level that manages automatic reconnecting, something like react-rethinkdb can manage automatic reconnection. Or any other high level data layer library could sub rethinkdb-websocket-client in place of the rethinkdb driver.

Does that make sense, or is there a reason you think automatic reconnection should be implemented at this level?

[akatebi]

Web sockets normally timeout after 300 seconds to close idle connections. The reconnect option seems to be a natural solution. The reconnect should be lazy. In other word only when a query needs to run with a closed out connection.