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PUBLISH

Syntax​

PUBLISH channel message

Time complexity: O(N+M) where N is the number of clients subscribed to the receiving channel and M is the total number of subscribed patterns (by any client).

ACL categories: @pubsub, @fast

Posts a message to the given channel.

Return​

Integer reply: the number of clients that received the message.

Examples​

user:1> PSUBSCRIBE "h[ae]llo"
user:2> PSUBSCRIBE "h*llo"
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dragonfly> PUBLISH "hello" message1
(integer) 2 
dragonfly> PUBLISH "hllo" message2
(integer) 1 # user 2
dragonfly> PUBLISH "heello" message3
(integer) 1 # user 2
dragonfly> PUBLISH "hello world" message4
(integer) 0