Get rid of the ping API call, useless now

public/js/vroom.js

@@ -1644,31 +1644,6 @@ function initVroom(room) {
         }
       }, 10000);
     }
-    // Ping the room every minutes
-    // Used to detect inactive rooms
-    setInterval(function(){
-      $.ajax({
-        data: {
-          req: JSON.stringify({
-            action: 'ping',
-            param: {
-              room: roomName
-            }
-          })
-        },
-        error: function(data) {
-          showApiError(data);
-        },
-        success: function(data) {
-          if (data.msg && data.msg != ''){
-            $.notify(data.msg, {
-              className: 'info',
-              autoHide: false
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      });
-    }, 120000);
     // Notify the server a new participant has joined (ourself)
     // If we were prompted for our display name before joining
     // we send it. Not that I like sending this kind of data to the server

vroom.pl

@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ helper create_room => sub {
     return 0;
   }
   if ($self->get_room_by_name($name)){
-    return 0;
   }
   my $sth = eval {
     $self->db->prepare('INSERT INTO `rooms`
@@ -1119,6 +1118,10 @@ websocket '/socket.io/:ver/websocket/:id' => sub {
     # Heartbeat reply, update timestamp
     elsif ($msg->type eq 'heartbeat'){
       $peers->{$id}->{last} = time;
+      # Update room last activity ~ every 40 heartbeat, so about every 2 minutes
+      if ((int (rand 200)) <= 5){
+        $self->update_room_last_activity($peers->{$id}->{room});
+      }
     }
   });
 
@@ -1589,11 +1592,6 @@ any '/api' => sub {
       status => 503
     );
   }
-  # Handle activity pings sent every minute by each participant
-  elsif ($req->{action} eq 'ping'){
-    $self->update_room_last_activity($room->{name});
-    return $self->render(json => {});
-  }
   # Update room configuration
   elsif ($req->{action} eq 'update_room_conf'){
     $room->{locked} = ($req->{param}->{locked}) ? '1' : '0';