CrowdHandler Flutter

A Flutter package integrating CrowdHandler for managing waiting room flows, request tracking, and performance metrics—all in a plug-and-play manner.

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Installation
  3. Basic Usage
  4. Example App
  5. Advanced Usage
  6. Contributing
  7. License

Overview

https://www.crowdhandler.com/docs/80000183802-getting-started-with-crowdhandler

CrowdHandler provides waiting-room workflows for high-demand events or flash-sales. This Flutter package:

  • Makes POST/GET requests to CrowdHandler’s /v1/requests and /v1/responses endpoints.
  • Stores a user token in-memory automatically.
  • Offers a WaitingRoomWebView widget that closes itself once the user is promoted.
  • Provides a WaitingRoomPageRoute to show the waiting room.

Installation

  1. Add this package to your pubspec.yaml:
dependencies:
  crowdhandler_flutter: ^1.0.0

  1. Run flutter pub get.

  2. Import in your code:

import 'package:crowdhandler_flutter/crowdhandler_flutter.dart';

Basic Usage

  1. Create a Session:
final session = CrowdHandlerSession(
  // Found in CrowdHandler Control Panel -> Account -> API 
  xApiKey: 'YOUR_CROWDHANDLER_PUBLIC_API_KEY',
);
  1. POST or GET with a CrowdHandler protected URL:
final result = await session.createOrFetch('https://mydomain.com/protected-eventID');
if (result.promoted == 0) {
  // show waiting room
} else {
  // user is promoted (1)
}
  1. Show Waiting Room if promoted == 0:
Navigator.push(
  context,
  WaitingRoomPageRoute(
    slug: result.slug,
    session: session,
  ),
);

This route automatically builds a Scaffold with WaitingRoomWebView. When "promoted":1 arrives, it closes itself.

Example App

A fully working sample exists in your example/ folder. To run it:

  1. cd crowdhandler_flutter/example
  2. flutter pub get
  3. flutter run

That sample shows both minimal usage (using WaitingRoomPageRoute) and a custom approach (embedding WaitingRoomWebView) if you need more control.

Advanced Usage

Dynamic URL Generation

Often, you’ll build the CrowdHandler URL from your app data. For instance, if your event ID is 5305:

final eventId = '5305';
final crowdUrl = 'https://mydomain.com/$eventId';
final result = await session.createOrFetch(crowdUrl);

'https://mydomain.com' should be replaced with the domain configured in your CrowdHandler control panel.

'/5305' should be replaced with the path you will be checking against the CrowdHandler API. If it is covered by your room configuration, the request will be considered for queueing.

Time Tracking

If the user is promoted, you can measure how long they waited:

_stopwatch.stop();
final durationMs = _stopwatch.elapsedMilliseconds;

await session.putResponseTime(
  responseID: result.responseID!,
  timeMs: durationMs,
  httpCode: 200, // default
);

This calls PUT /responses/{responseID}, letting CrowdHandler analyze request fulfillment performance.

Minimal vs. Custom Waiting Room UI

  • Minimal (built-in route):

    Navigator.push(
  context,
  WaitingRoomPageRoute(
    slug: result.slug,
    session: session,
  ),
);

  • Custom (embed WaitingRoomWebView directly):

    Navigator.push(
  context,
  MaterialPageRoute(
    builder: (_) => Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: Text('My Custom Room')),
      body: WaitingRoomWebView(
        slug: result.slug,
        session: session,
        onPromoted: (token) {
          // store token or show a message
        },
      ),
    ),
  ),
);

Multi-Screen Approaches

If you need to check CrowdHandler on multiple pages:

  1. Per-Screen initState()

    @override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  _checkCrowdHandler();
}

  2. RouteObserver

    MaterialApp(
  navigatorObservers: [
    CrowdHandlerRouteObserver(session),
  ],
);

  3. BaseCrowdHandlerPage

    abstract class BaseCrowdHandlerPage extends StatefulWidget {
  final String slug;
  ...
}

abstract class BaseCrowdHandlerState<T extends BaseCrowdHandlerPage> extends State<T> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    session.createOrFetch('https://mydomain.com/${widget.slug}');
  }
}

Libraries

crowdhandler_flutter