[HapiJS /nes] Polling option fallback

[CarolineBoyer]

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• is this issue currently blocking your project? (yes/no): yes
• is this issue affecting a production system? (yes/no): yes

Context

• node version: 12.4.5
• module version: 12.0.4
• environment (e.g. node, browser, native): node/browser
• used with (e.g. hapi application, another framework, standalone, ...): hapiJS
• any other relevant information:

How can we help?

I looked at docs, as ell as open/closed issue using the 'polling' keyword and couldn't find how to add a polling fallback on hapijs such as this exists on library like socket.io.
We would want to use the publish/subscribe method as well as the hapiJS request with 'post/get' method.

/**CLIENT CODE connection **/
return this.socketClient.connect({
	reconnect: true, 	//whether the client should try to reconnect
	delay: 2000,		//time in milliseconds to wait between each reconnection attempt, cumulative
	maxDelay: 15000,	//the maximum delay time in milliseconds between reconnections
	retries: 10		//number of reconnection attempts
})

/** SERVER REGISTER **/
await server.register(
  {
    plugin: Nes,
    options: {
      heartbeat: {
        interval: 15000,
        timeout: 5000
      },
      auth: false
    }
  },
  {
    routes: process.env.ROOT_PATH ? {
      prefix: ROOT_PATH
    } : {}
  }
);

Is such a thing possible using hapiJS/nes ? Or is there another plugin we need to register to instead that would work like hapiJS/nes but with polling experience ?

[devinivy]

Closing in favor of hapijs/nes#320 👍