hello_party

This example shows how to connect to a party server, load a shared data object, and read and write to it.

click to move the dot

This example loads p5.party.js from a local file.

<script src="/dist/p5.party.js"></script>

See hello_cdn for an example of loading p5.party.js from a cdn.

Try this example in two browser windows at once!

index.js

let shared;

function preload() {
  // connect to the party server
  partyConnect("wss://demoserver.p5party.org", "hello_party");

  // begin loading shared object
  // and provide starting values for the object to be used
  // if there are no clients already connected to the room
  // setup() won't be called until the shared object is loaded
  shared = partyLoadShared("shared", { x: 100, y: 100 });
}

function setup() {
  createCanvas(400, 400);
  noStroke();
  partyToggleInfo(true);
}

function mousePressed() {
  // write shared data
  shared.x = mouseX;
  shared.y = mouseY;
}

function draw() {
  background("#ffcccc");
  fill("#000066");

  // read shared data
  ellipse(shared.x, shared.y, 100, 100);
}

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head> </head>
  <body>
    <main></main>

    <div id="readme"></div>

    <h2>index.js</h2>
    <div id="source-javascript"></div>

    <h2>index.html</h2>
    <div id="source-html"></div>

    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/p5@1.4.1/lib/p5.js"></script>
    <script src="/dist/p5.party.js"></script>
    <script src="index.js"></script>

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/10.0.3/highlight.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/examples.css" />
    <script src="/examples.js" type="module"></script>
  </body>
</html>