Broadcast

You can use Realtime Broadcast to send low-latency messages between users. Messages can be sent using the client libraries, REST APIs, or directly from your database.

How Broadcast works

The way Broadcast works changes based on the channel you are using:

REST API: Receives an HTTP request and then sends a message via WebSocket to connected clients
Client libraries: Sends a message via WebSocket to the server, and then the server sends a message via WebSocket to connected clients
Database: Adds a new entry to realtime.messages where a logical replication is set to listen for changes, and then sends a message via WebSocket to connected clients

The public flag (the last argument in realtime.send(payload, event, topic, is_private)) only affects who can subscribe to the topic not who can read messages from the database.

Public (false) → Anyone can subscribe to that topic without authentication
Private (true) → Only authenticated clients can subscribe to that topic

Regardless if it's public or private, the Realtime service connects to your database as the authenticated Supabase Admin role.

</Admonition>

For Authorization, we insert a message and try to read it, and rollback the transaction to verify that the Row Level Security (RLS) policies set by the user are being respected by the user joining the channel, but this message isn't sent to the user. You can read more about it in Authorization.

You can use the Supabase client libraries to receive Broadcast messages.

Initialize the client

Get the Project URL and key from the project's Connect dialog.

Supabase is changing the way keys work to improve project security and developer experience. You can read the full announcement, but in the transition period, you can use both the current anon and service_role keys and the new publishable key with the form sb_publishable_xxx which will replace the older keys.

In most cases, you can get the correct key from the Project's Connect dialog, but if you want a specific key, you can find all keys in the API Keys section of a Project's Settings page:

For legacy keys, copy the anon key for client-side operations and the service_role key for server-side operations from the Legacy API Keys tab.
For new keys, open the API Keys tab, if you don't have a publishable key already, click Create new API Keys, and copy the value from the Publishable key section.

</Admonition>

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```js
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

const SUPABASE_URL = 'https://<project>.supabase.co'
const SUPABASE_KEY = '<sb_publishable_... or anon key>'

const supabase = createClient(SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_KEY)
```

</TabPanel> <$Show if="sdk:dart"> <TabPanel id="dart" label="Dart">

```dart
import 'package:supabase_flutter/supabase_flutter.dart';

void main() async {
  Supabase.initialize(
    url: 'https://<project>.supabase.co',
    anonKey: '<sb_publishable_... or anon key>',
  );
  runApp(MyApp());
}

final supabase = Supabase.instance.client;
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift">

```swift
import Supabase

let SUPABASE_URL = "https://<project>.supabase.co"
let SUPABASE_KEY = "<sb_publishable_... or anon key>"

let supabase = SupabaseClient(supabaseURL: URL(string: SUPABASE_URL)!, supabaseKey: SUPABASE_KEY)
```

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```kotlin
val supabaseUrl = "https://<project>.supabase.co"
val supabaseKey = "<sb_publishable_... or anon key>"
val supabase = createSupabaseClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseKey) {
    install(Realtime)
}
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:python"> <TabPanel id="python" label="Python">

```python
import asyncio
from supabase import acreate_client

URL = "https://<project>.supabase.co"
KEY = "<sb_publishable_... or anon key>"

async def create_supabase():
  supabase = await acreate_client(URL, KEY)
  return supabase
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> </Tabs>

Receive Broadcast messages

You can receive Broadcast messages by providing a callback to the channel.

<Tabs scrollable size="small" type="underlined" defaultActiveId="js" queryGroup="language"

<TabPanel id="js" label="JavaScript"> ```js // @noImplicitAny: false import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js' const supabase = createClient('https://<project>.supabase.co', '<sb_publishable_... or anon key>')

// ---cut---
// Join a room/topic. Can be anything except for 'realtime'.
const myChannel = supabase.channel('test-channel')

// Simple function to log any messages we receive
function messageReceived(payload) {
  console.log(payload)
}

// Subscribe to the Channel
myChannel
  .on(
    'broadcast',
    { event: 'shout' }, // Listen for "shout". Can be "*" to listen to all events
    (payload) => messageReceived(payload)
  )
  .subscribe()
```

</TabPanel> <$Show if="sdk:dart"> <TabPanel id="dart" label="Dart"> ```dart final myChannel = supabase.channel('test-channel');

// Simple function to log any messages we receive
void messageReceived(payload) {
  print(payload);
}

// Subscribe to the Channel
myChannel
    .onBroadcast(
        event: 'shout', // Listen for "shout". Can be "*" to listen to all events
        callback: (payload) => messageReceived(payload)
    )
    .subscribe();
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift">

```swift
let myChannel = await supabase.channel("test-channel")

// Listen for broadcast messages
let broadcastStream = await myChannel.broadcast(event: "shout") // Listen for "shout". Can be "*" to listen to all events

await myChannel.subscribe()

for await event in broadcastStream {
  print(event)
}
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:kotlin"> <TabPanel id="kotlin" label="Kotlin"> ```kotlin val myChannel = supabase.channel("test-channel")

/ Listen for broadcast messages
val broadcastFlow: Flow<JsonObject> = myChannel
    .broadcastFlow<JsonObject>("shout") // Listen for "shout". Can be "*" to listen to all events
    .onEach { println(it) }
    .launchIn(yourCoroutineScope) // you can also use .collect { } here

myChannel.subscribe()
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:python"> <TabPanel id="python" label="Python"> <Admonition type="note">

In the following Realtime examples, certain methods are awaited. These should be enclosed within an `async` function.

</Admonition>
```python
# Join a room/topic. Can be anything except for 'realtime'.
my_channel = supabase.channel('test-channel')

# Simple function to log any messages we receive
def message_received(payload):
  print(f"Broadcast received: {payload}")

# Subscribe to the Channel
await my_channel
  .on_broadcast('shout', message_received) # Listen for "shout". Can be "*" to listen to all events
  .subscribe()
```

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Send messages

Broadcast using the client libraries

You can use the Supabase client libraries to send Broadcast messages.

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<TabPanel id="js" label="JavaScript"> ```js import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js' const supabase = createClient('your_project_url', 'your_supabase_api_key')

// ---cut---
const myChannel = supabase.channel('test-channel')

/**
 * Sending a message before subscribing will use HTTP
 */
myChannel
  .send({
    type: 'broadcast',
    event: 'shout',
    payload: { message: 'Hi' },
  })
  .then((resp) => console.log(resp))


/**
 * Sending a message after subscribing will use WebSockets
 */
myChannel.subscribe((status) => {
  if (status !== 'SUBSCRIBED') {
    return null
  }

  myChannel.send({
    type: 'broadcast',
    event: 'shout',
    payload: { message: 'Hi' },
  })
})
```

</TabPanel>

<$Show if="sdk:dart">

<TabPanel id="dart" label="Dart"> ```dart final myChannel = supabase.channel('test-channel');

// Sending a message before subscribing will use HTTP
final res = await myChannel.sendBroadcastMessage(
  event: "shout",
  payload: { 'message': 'Hi' },
);
print(res);

// Sending a message after subscribing will use WebSockets
myChannel.subscribe((status, error) {
  if (status != RealtimeSubscribeStatus.subscribed) {
    return;
  }

  myChannel.sendBroadcastMessage(
    event: 'shout',
    payload: { 'message': 'hello, world' },
  );
});
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift"> ```swift let myChannel = await supabase.channel("test-channel") { $0.broadcast.acknowledgeBroadcasts = true }

// Sending a message before subscribing will use HTTP
await myChannel.broadcast(event: "shout", message: ["message": "HI"])

// Sending a message after subscribing will use WebSockets
await myChannel.subscribe()
try await myChannel.broadcast(
    event: "shout",
    message: YourMessage(message: "hello, world!")
)
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:kotlin"> <TabPanel id="kotlin" label="Kotlin"> ```kotlin val myChannel = supabase.channel("test-channel") { broadcast { acknowledgeBroadcasts = true } }

// Sending a message before subscribing will use HTTP
myChannel.broadcast(event = "shout", buildJsonObject {
  put("message", "Hi")
})

// Sending a message after subscribing will use WebSockets
myChannel.subscribe(blockUntilSubscribed = true)
channelB.broadcast(
  event = "shout",
  payload = YourMessage(message = "hello, world!")
)
```

</TabPanel> </$Show>

<$Show if="sdk:python">

<Admonition type="note">

When an asynchronous method needs to be used within a synchronous context, such as the callback for `.subscribe()`, utilize `asyncio.create_task()` to schedule the coroutine. This is why the [initialize the client](#initialize-the-client) example includes an import of `asyncio`.

</Admonition>
```python
my_channel = supabase.channel('test-channel')

# Sending a message after subscribing will use WebSockets
def on_subscribe(status, err):
  if status != RealtimeSubscribeStates.SUBSCRIBED:
    return

  asyncio.create_task(my_channel.send_broadcast(
    'shout',
    { "message": 'hello, world' },
  ))

await my_channel.subscribe(on_subscribe)
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> </Tabs>

Broadcast from the Database

This feature is in Public Beta. Submit a support ticket if you have any issues.

</Admonition> <Admonition type="note">

All the messages sent using Broadcast from the Database are stored in realtime.messages table and will be deleted after 3 days.

</Admonition>

You can send messages directly from your database using the realtime.send() function:

sql

select
  realtime.send(
    jsonb_build_object('hello', 'world'), -- JSONB Payload
    'event', -- Event name
    'topic', -- Topic
    false -- Public / Private flag
  );

The realtime.send() function in the database includes a flag that determines whether the broadcast is private or public, and client channels also have the same configuration. For broadcasts to work correctly, these settings must match. A public broadcast only reaches public channels and a private broadcast only reaches private channels.

By default, all database broadcasts are private, meaning clients must authenticate to receive them. If the database sends a public message but the client subscribes to a private channel, the message is not delivered because private channels only accept signed, authenticated messages.

</Admonition>

You can use the realtime.broadcast_changes() helper function to broadcast messages when a record is created, updated, or deleted. For more details, read Subscribing to Database Changes.

Broadcast using the REST API

You can send a Broadcast message by making an HTTP request to Realtime servers.

<Tabs scrollable size="small" type="underlined" defaultActiveId="curl" queryGroup="http"

<TabPanel id="curl" label="cURL"> ```bash curl -v \ -H 'apikey: <SUPABASE_TOKEN>' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{ "messages": [ { "topic": "test", "event": "event", "payload": { "test": "test" } } ] }' \ 'https://<PROJECT_REF>.supabase.co/realtime/v1/api/broadcast' ``` </TabPanel> <TabPanel id="POST" label="POST"> ```bash POST /realtime/v1/api/broadcast HTTP/1.1 Host: {PROJECT_REF}.supabase.co Content-Type: application/json apikey: {SUPABASE_TOKEN} { "messages": [ { "topic": "test", "event": "event", "payload": { "test": "test" } } ] } ``` </TabPanel> </Tabs>

Broadcast options

You can pass configuration options while initializing the Supabase Client.

Self-send messages

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By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `self` parameter to `true`.
```js
const myChannel = supabase.channel('room-2', {
  config: {
    broadcast: { self: true },
  },
})

myChannel.on(
  'broadcast',
  { event: 'test-my-messages' },
  (payload) => console.log(payload)
)

myChannel.subscribe((status) => {
  if (status !== 'SUBSCRIBED') { return }
  myChannel.send({
    type: 'broadcast',
    event: 'test-my-messages',
    payload: { message: 'talking to myself' },
  })
})
```

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By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `self` parameter to `true`.

```dart
final myChannel = supabase.channel(
  'room-2',
  opts: const RealtimeChannelConfig(
    self: true,
  ),
);

myChannel.onBroadcast(
  event: 'test-my-messages',
  callback: (payload) => print(payload),
);

myChannel.subscribe((status, error) {
  if (status != RealtimeSubscribeStatus.subscribed) return;
  // channelC.send({
  myChannel.sendBroadcastMessage(
    event: 'test-my-messages',
    payload: {'message': 'talking to myself'},
  );
});
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift">

By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `receiveOwnBroadcasts` parameter to `true`.

```swift
let myChannel = await supabase.channel("room-2") {
  $0.broadcast.receiveOwnBroadcasts = true
}

let broadcastStream = await myChannel.broadcast(event: "test-my-messages")

await myChannel.subscribe()

try await myChannel.broadcast(
    event: "test-my-messages",
    payload: YourMessage(
        message: "talking to myself"
    )
)
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:kotlin"> <TabPanel id="kotlin" label="Kotlin">

By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `receiveOwnBroadcasts` parameter to `true`.

```kotlin
val myChannel = supabase.channel("room-2") {
    broadcast {
        receiveOwnBroadcasts = true
    }
}

val broadcastFlow: Flow<JsonObject> = myChannel.broadcastFlow<JsonObject>("test-my-messages")
    .onEach {
        println(it)
    }
    .launchIn(yourCoroutineScope)

myChannel.subscribe(blockUntilSubscribed = true) //You can also use the myChannel.status flow instead, but this parameter will block the coroutine until the status is joined.

myChannel.broadcast(
    event = "test-my-messages",
    payload = YourMessage(
        message = "talking to myself"
    )
)
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:python"> <TabPanel id="python" label="Python">

<Admonition type="note">

When an asynchronous method needs to be used within a synchronous context, such as the callback for `.subscribe()`, utilize `asyncio.create_task()` to schedule the coroutine. This is why the [initialize the client](#initialize-the-client) example includes an import of `asyncio`.

</Admonition>

By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `self` parameter to `True`.

```python
# Join a room/topic. Can be anything except for 'realtime'.
my_channel = supabase.channel('room-2', {"config": {"broadcast": {"self": True}}})

my_channel.on_broadcast(
  'test-my-messages',
  lambda payload: print(payload)
)

def on_subscribe(status, err):
  if status != RealtimeSubscribeStates.SUBSCRIBED:
    return

  # Send a message once the client is subscribed
  asyncio.create_task(channel_b.send_broadcast(
    'test-my-messages',
    { "message": 'talking to myself' },
  ))

my_channel.subscribe(on_subscribe)
```

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Acknowledge messages

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You can confirm that the Realtime servers have received your message by setting Broadcast's `ack` setting to `true`.
```js
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
const supabase = createClient('your_project_url', 'your_supabase_api_key')

// ---cut---
const myChannel = supabase.channel('room-3', {
  config: {
    broadcast: { ack: true },
  },
})

myChannel.subscribe(async (status) => {
  if (status !== 'SUBSCRIBED') { return }

  const serverResponse = await myChannel.send({
    type: 'broadcast',
    event: 'acknowledge',
    payload: {},
  })

  console.log('serverResponse', serverResponse)
})
```

</TabPanel> <$Show if="sdk:dart"> <TabPanel id="dart" label="Dart">

```dart
final myChannel = supabase.channel('room-3',opts: const RealtimeChannelConfig(
  ack: true,
),

);

myChannel.subscribe( (status, error) async {
  if (status != RealtimeSubscribeStatus.subscribed) return;

  final serverResponse = await myChannel.sendBroadcastMessage(

    event: 'acknowledge',
    payload: {},
  );

  print('serverResponse: $serverResponse');
});
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift">

You can confirm that Realtime received your message by setting Broadcast's `acknowledgeBroadcasts` config to `true`.

```swift
let myChannel = await supabase.channel("room-3") {
  $0.broadcast.acknowledgeBroadcasts = true
}

await myChannel.subscribe()

await myChannel.broadcast(event: "acknowledge", message: [:])
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:kotlin"> <TabPanel id="kotlin" label="Kotlin">

By default, broadcast messages are only sent to other clients. You can broadcast messages back to the sender by setting Broadcast's `acknowledgeBroadcasts` parameter to `true`.

```kotlin
val myChannel = supabase.channel("room-2") {
    broadcast {
        acknowledgeBroadcasts = true
    }
}

myChannel.subscribe(blockUntilSubscribed = true) //You can also use the myChannel.status flow instead, but this parameter will block the coroutine until the status is joined.

myChannel.broadcast(event = "acknowledge", buildJsonObject {  })
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:python"> <TabPanel id="python" label="Python"> Unsupported in Python yet. </TabPanel> </$Show> </Tabs>

Use this to guarantee that the server has received the message before resolving channelD.send's promise. If the ack config is not set to true when creating the channel, the promise returned by channelD.send will resolve immediately.

Send messages using REST calls

You can also send a Broadcast message by making an HTTP request to Realtime servers. This is useful when you want to send messages from your server or client without having to first establish a WebSocket connection.

<Tabs scrollable size="small" type="underlined" defaultActiveId="js" queryGroup="language"

This is currently available only in the Supabase JavaScript client version 2.37.0 and later.

</Admonition>

```js
const channel = supabase.channel('test-channel')

// No need to subscribe to channel

channel
  .send({
    type: 'broadcast',
    event: 'test',
    payload: { message: 'Hi' },
  })
  .then((resp) => console.log(resp))

// Remember to clean up the channel

supabase.removeChannel(channel)

```

</TabPanel> <$Show if="sdk:dart"> <TabPanel id="dart" label="Dart"> ```dart // No need to subscribe to channel

final channel = supabase.channel('test-channel');
final res = await channel.sendBroadcastMessage(
  event: "test",
  payload: {
    'message': 'Hi',
  },
);
print(res);
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:swift"> <TabPanel id="swift" label="Swift"> ```swift let myChannel = await supabase.channel("room-2") { $0.broadcast.acknowledgeBroadcasts = true }

// No need to subscribe to channel

await myChannel.broadcast(event: "test", message: ["message": "HI"])
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:kotlin"> <TabPanel id="kotlin" label="Kotlin"> ```kotlin val myChannel = supabase.channel("room-2") { broadcast { acknowledgeBroadcasts = true } }

// No need to subscribe to channel

myChannel.broadcast(event = "test", buildJsonObject {
    put("message", "Hi")
})
```

</TabPanel> </$Show> <$Show if="sdk:python"> <TabPanel id="python" label="Python"> Unsupported in Python yet. </TabPanel> </$Show> </Tabs>

Trigger broadcast messages from your database

How it works

Broadcast Changes allows you to trigger messages from your database. To achieve it, Realtime directly reads your Write-Ahead Log (WAL) file using a publication against the realtime.messages table. Whenever a new insert occurs, a message is sent to connected users.

It uses partitioned tables per day, which allows performant deletion of your previous messages by dropping the physical tables of this partitioned table. Tables older than 3 days are deleted.

Broadcasting from the database works like a client-side broadcast, using WebSockets to send JSON payloads. Realtime Authorization is required and enabled by default to protect your data.

Broadcast Changes provides two functions to help you send messages:

realtime.send() inserts a message into realtime.messages without a specific format.
realtime.broadcast_changes() inserts a message with the required fields to emit database changes to clients. This helps you set up triggers on your tables to emit changes.

Broadcasting a message from your database

The realtime.send() function provides the most flexibility by allowing you to broadcast messages from your database without a specific format. This allows you to use database broadcast for messages that aren't necessarily tied to the shape of a Postgres row change.

sql

SELECT realtime.send (
	'{}'::jsonb, -- JSONB Payload
	'event', -- Event name
	'topic', -- Topic
	FALSE -- Public / Private flag
);

Broadcast record changes

Setup realtime authorization

Realtime Authorization is required and enabled by default. To allow your users to listen to messages from topics, create an RLS policy:

sql

CREATE POLICY "authenticated can receive broadcasts"
ON "realtime"."messages"
FOR SELECT
TO authenticated
USING ( true );

Read Realtime Authorization to learn how to set up more specific policies.

Set up trigger function

First, set up a trigger function that uses the realtime.broadcast_changes() function to insert an event whenever it is triggered. The event is set up to include data on the schema, table, operation, and field changes that triggered it.

For this example, you're going broadcast events to a topic named topic:<record_id>.

sql

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.your_table_changes()
RETURNS trigger
SECURITY DEFINER SET search_path = ''
AS $$
BEGIN
    PERFORM realtime.broadcast_changes(
	    'topic:' || NEW.id::text,   -- topic
		   TG_OP,                          -- event
		   TG_OP,                          -- operation
		   TG_TABLE_NAME,                  -- table
		   TG_TABLE_SCHEMA,                -- schema
		   NEW,                            -- new record
		   OLD                             -- old record
		);
    RETURN NULL;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

The Postgres native trigger special variables used are:

TG_OP - the operation that triggered the function
TG_TABLE_NAME - the table that caused the trigger
TG_TABLE_SCHEMA - the schema of the table that caused the trigger invocation
NEW - the record after the change
OLD - the record before the change

You can read more about them in this guide.

Set up trigger

Next, set up a trigger so the function runs whenever your target table has a change.

sql

CREATE TRIGGER broadcast_changes_for_your_table_trigger
AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON public.your_table
FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE FUNCTION your_table_changes ();

As you can see, it will be broadcasting all operations so our users will receive events when records are inserted, updated or deleted from public.your_table .

Listen on client side

Finally, client side will requires to be set up to listen to the topic topic:<record id> to receive the events.

jsx

const gameId = 'id'
await supabase.realtime.setAuth() // Needed for Realtime Authorization
const changes = supabase
  .channel(`topic:${gameId}`)
  .on('broadcast', { event: 'INSERT' }, (payload) => console.log(payload))
  .on('broadcast', { event: 'UPDATE' }, (payload) => console.log(payload))
  .on('broadcast', { event: 'DELETE' }, (payload) => console.log(payload))
  .subscribe()

Broadcast replay

This feature is currently in Public Alpha. If you have any issues submit a support ticket.

</Admonition>

How it works

Broadcast Replay enables private channels to access messages that were sent earlier. Only messages published via Broadcast From the Database are available for replay.

You can configure replay with the following options:

since (Required): The epoch timestamp in milliseconds (for example, 1697472000000), specifying the earliest point from which messages should be retrieved.
limit (Optional): The number of messages to return. This must be a positive integer, with a maximum value of 25.

<Tabs scrollable size="small" type="underlined" defaultActiveId="js" queryGroup="language"

  This is currently available only in the Supabase JavaScript client version 2.74.0 and later.

</Admonition>

```js
const config = {
  private: true,
  broadcast: {
    replay: {
      since: 1697472000000, // Unix timestamp in milliseconds
      limit: 10
    }
  }
}
const channel = supabase.channel('main:room', { config })

// Broadcast callback receives meta field
channel.on('broadcast', { event: 'position' }, (payload) => {
  if (payload?.meta?.replayed) {
    console.log('Replayed message: ', payload)
  } else {
    console.log('This is a new message', payload)
  }
  // ...
})
.subscribe()
```

</TabPanel>

<$Show if="sdk:dart">

  This is currently available only in the Supabase Dart client version 2.10.0 and later.

</Admonition>
```dart
// Configure broadcast with replay
final channel = supabase.channel(
  'my-channel',
  RealtimeChannelConfig(
    self: true,
    ack: true,
    private: true,
    replay: ReplayOption(
      since: 1697472000000, // Unix timestamp in milliseconds
      limit: 25,
    ),
  ),
);

// Broadcast callback receives meta field
channel.onBroadcast(
  event: 'position',
  callback: (payload) {
    final meta = payload['meta'] as Map<String, dynamic>?;
    if (meta?['replayed'] == true) {
      print('Replayed message: ${meta?['id']}');
    }
  },
).subscribe();
```

</TabPanel> </$Show>

<$Show if="sdk:swift">

  This is currently available only in the Supabase Swift client version 2.34.0 and later.

</Admonition>
```swift
// Configure broadcast with replay
let channel = supabase.realtimeV2.channel("my-channel") {
  $0.isPrivate = true
  $0.broadcast.acknowledgeBroadcasts = true
  $0.broadcast.receiveOwnBroadcasts = true
  $0.broadcast.replay = ReplayOption(
    since: 1697472000000, // Unix timestamp in milliseconds
    limit: 25
  )
}

var subscriptions = Set<RealtimeSubscription>()

// Broadcast callback receives meta field
channel.onBroadcast(event: "position") { message in
  if let meta = message["payload"]?.objectValue?["meta"]?.objectValue,
     let replayed = meta["replayed"]?.boolValue,
     replayed {
    print("Replayed message: \(meta["id"]?.stringValue ?? "")")
  }
}
.store(in: &subscriptions)

await channel.subscribe()
```

</TabPanel> </$Show>

<$Show if="sdk:kotlin">

  Unsupported in Kotlin for now.

</Admonition>

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<$Show if="sdk:python">

  This is currently available only in the Supabase Python client version 2.22.0 and later.

</Admonition>
```python
# Configure broadcast with replay
channel = client.channel('my-channel', {
    'config': {
        "private": True,
        'broadcast': {
            'self': True,
            'ack': True,
            'replay': {
                'since': 1697472000000,
                'limit': 100
            }
        }
    }
})

# Broadcast callback receives meta field
def on_broadcast(payload):
    if payload.get('meta', {}).get('replayed'):
        print(f"Replayed message: {payload['meta']['id']}")

await channel.on_broadcast('position', on_broadcast)
await channel.subscribe()
```

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When to use Broadcast replay

A few common use cases for Broadcast Replay include:

Displaying the most recent messages from a chat room
Loading the last events that happened during a sports event
Ensuring users always see the latest events after a page reload or network interruption
Highlighting the most recent sections that changed in a web page

How Broadcast works

Subscribe to messages

Initialize the client

Receive Broadcast messages

Send messages

Broadcast using the client libraries

Broadcast from the Database

Broadcast using the REST API

Broadcast options

Self-send messages

Acknowledge messages

Send messages using REST calls

Trigger broadcast messages from your database

How it works

Broadcasting a message from your database

Broadcast record changes

Setup realtime authorization

Set up trigger function

Set up trigger

Listen on client side

Broadcast replay

How it works

When to use Broadcast replay