# Support for wss socket.io on external collections **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/support-for-wss-socket-io-on-external-collections/1331 "2020-05-13T18:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bwmarcos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bwmarcos/32/482_2.png) [@bwmarcos](https://forum.adalo.com/u/bwmarcos)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/support-for-wss-socket-io-on-external-collections/1331/1 "2020-05-13T18:34:26Z")
We have an external collection whose GET results are being updated in real-time; how can the UI receive notifications to update the collection; we use web sockets via [socket.io](http://socket.io) on the backend. Thx! ---
**Author:** ![ashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/ashley/32/1635_2.png) [@ashley](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ashley)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/support-for-wss-socket-io-on-external-collections/1331/2 "2020-05-15T00:40:36Z")
You might try using a custom list with the advanced feature of refresh in real time. ---
**Author:** ![diggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@diggy](https://forum.adalo.com/u/diggy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/support-for-wss-socket-io-on-external-collections/1331/3 "2021-06-13T10:43:20Z")
@bwmarcos did you get this working? Has anyone else in the community? Is anyone else using WebSockets in their front ends? We have a WebSockets requirement too. Our current thinking is to put the WebSockets data stream into our Adalo DB and Auto-refresh as @ashley suggests. Would be good to know if anyone is doing this, or something else, and the potential impact on performance?