SignalR and MVC bundle

Question

I'm trying to use SignalR with MVC bundle, but having problem finding out how to include the /signalr/hubs script into the bundle. For now I have to insert the path in between jquery.signalR and my code. That will result in three javascript file requests.

Is there any way to include /signalr/hubs into my mvc bundle?

Answer 1

A bit late, but here is my contribution:
Create a javascript file with the following contents:

(function ($) {
    $.ajax({
        url: "/signalr/hubs",
        dataType: "script",
        async: false
    });
}(jQuery));

Then add the file to the bundles collection.
This will load the "/signalr/hubs" code for you.

Answer 2

The default /signalr/hubs script is generated dynamically by the runtime on the first request and then cached.

You can use hubify.exe (see http://weblogs.asp.net/davidfowler/archive/2012/06/10/signalr-0-5-1-released.aspx for details) to pre-generate the file yourself, so you can add it into the MVC bundle.

Answer 3

I know this is an old thread but I would like to add the following for SignalR 2.x. I really wanted to bundle the proxy using SquishIt and by trial and error I managed to come up with the following:

using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR
using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Hubs

var resolver = new DefaultHubManager(new DefaultDependencyResolver());
var proxy = new DefaultJavaScriptProxyGenerator(resolver, new NullJavaScriptMinifier());
string iCanHazScriptNao = proxy.GenerateProxy("/signalr");