Sending clientID to OSC port

Community Usage questions
1

I can't seem to find any references to this, but apologies if it's been asked, answered, or documented and I haven't found it.

Is there a way for the clientID to be sent alongside the other OSC messages to a port?

I have a session in SuperCollider that I want to control using many different devices. Although I specify a clientID in the URL when accessing the Open Stage Control server (for example http://192.168.1.6:8080?id=test), I don't know how to send that clientID to SuperCollider so that it can read messages only from that specific clientID.

Thanks in advance!

2

Hi,
I'm not sure that's possible, maybe the best way is to custom the osc message for each client ?

3

Ideally I wanted each client to load the same .json file, so that regardless of how many people are connected to the server, I can filter the incoming messages based on their clientID, and not create separate .json files with different widgets.

Unless there is a way to custom the osc messages for each client, while all of them are using the same .json file, that I am not aware of.

4

You could append the client id to all outgoing messages using a custom module:

module.exports = {
  oscOutFilter: function(data) {
    data.args.push({
      type: 's',
      value: data.clientId
    })
    return data
  }
}

Note that all clients must have different ids.

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5

While running the custom module you sent, I get a "TypeError: data.args.append is not a function" error :confused:

6

Sorry, I got JS and Python mixed up for a moment, should be push instead of append (post edited).

7

Thank you! That worked!