From 62fbb1d3566db7c9afea1a929920102d51f1af1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Mark <smark@posteo.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:15:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add a ticker to manage broadcast timing

---
 internal/websocket/broadcast.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/websocket/broadcast.go b/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
index 02b7f0a..2fd5754 100644
--- a/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
+++ b/internal/websocket/broadcast.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 // sends continous messages to all connected WebSocket clients.
 func SendPermanentBroadCastMessage() {
+	tick := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	for {
 		// Marshal the message into JSON format
 		jsonMessage, err := json.Marshal(shared.Message)
@@ -25,6 +26,6 @@ func SendPermanentBroadCastMessage() {
 				// The client is responsible for closing itself on error
 			}
 		}
-		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		<-tick.C
 	}
 }