Method Register

kontrolclient.go:356–391

Register registers current Kite to Kontrol. After registration other Kites can find it via GetKites() or WatchKites() method. This method does not handle the reconnection case. If you want to keep registered to kontrol, use RegisterForever().

(kiteURL *url.URL)

// handle the reconnection case. If you want to keep registered to kontrol, use
// RegisterForever().
func (k *Kite) Register(kiteURL *url.URL) (*registerResult, error) {
	if err := k.SetupKontrolClient(); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	<-k.kontrol.readyConnected

	args := protocol.RegisterArgs{
		URL: kiteURL.String(),
	}

	k.Log.Info("Registering to kontrol with URL: %s", kiteURL.String())

	response, err := k.kontrol.TellWithTimeout("register", k.Config.Timeout, args)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var rr protocol.RegisterResult
	err = response.Unmarshal(&rr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	k.Log.Info("Registered to kontrol with URL: %s and Kite query: %s",
		rr.URL, k.Kite())

	parsed, err := url.Parse(rr.URL)
	if err != nil {
		k.Log.Error("Cannot parse registered URL: %s", err)
	}

	k.callOnRegisterHandlers(&rr)

	return &registerResult{parsed}, nil
}

// RegisterToTunnel finds a tunnel proxy kite by asking kontrol then registers
// itself on proxy. On error, retries forever. On every successful