From 72bd3e4c9820eb9d94f7f59c5cff8ce9f6ff774d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: calzoneman <calzoneman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:57:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add localStorage flag for connecting to alt server list

---
 src/backend/backendmodule.js |  3 ++-
 www/js/callbacks.js          | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/backendmodule.js b/src/backend/backendmodule.js
index 2fcb7ee7..c9cfd8bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/backendmodule.js
+++ b/src/backend/backendmodule.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class BackendModule {
         const redisClientProvider = this.getRedisClientProvider();
         this.redisAdapter = redisAdapter({
             pubClient: redisClientProvider.get(),
-            subClient: redisClientProvider.get()
+            // return_buffers is needed for msgpack-js to function correctly
+            subClient: redisClientProvider.get({ return_buffers: true })
         });
         this.sioEmitter = require('socket.io').instance;
         this.sioEmitter.adapter(this.redisAdapter);
diff --git a/www/js/callbacks.js b/www/js/callbacks.js
index fd6b47ec..67b2d6dc 100644
--- a/www/js/callbacks.js
+++ b/www/js/callbacks.js
@@ -1119,8 +1119,17 @@ setupCallbacks = function() {
                 return;
             }
 
+            var servers;
+            if (socketConfig.alt && socketConfig.alt.length > 0 &&
+                    localStorage.useAltServer) {
+                servers = socketConfig.alt;
+                console.log("Using alt servers: " + JSON.stringify(servers));
+            } else {
+                servers = socketConfig.servers;
+            }
+
             var chosenServer = null;
-            socketConfig.servers.forEach(function (server) {
+            servers.forEach(function (server) {
                 if (chosenServer === null) {
                     chosenServer = server;
                 } else if (server.secure && !chosenServer.secure) {
@@ -1130,6 +1139,8 @@ setupCallbacks = function() {
                 }
             });
 
+            console.log("Connecting to " + JSON.stringify(chosenServer));
+
             if (chosenServer === null) {
                 makeAlert("Error",
                         "Socket.io configuration was unable to find a suitable server",