VERSIONS: phoenix 1.6.6 phoenix_live_view 0.17.9

CONTEXT: I have a child component that collects country, state_region and city data and returns a geo_point (with timezone, latlong, etc). The parent can either be a LiveView OR another component.

ISSUE: Using send self() always sends the data up to the LiveView, but I need it to sometimes go to another component. So now I have the code below to switch between send self() and send_update depending on the parent_type. It also means that to use this component, the parent liveview or component must set a “parent_type” assign of either “component” or “liveview.”

This works but seems a bit clunky to me. Am I doing this right?

defp notify_parent(socket) do

    data =  { %{"geo_status" => socket.assigns.geo_status,
                "geo_point" => socket.assigns.geo_point,
                "country" => socket.assigns.country,
                "state" => socket.assigns.state,
                "city" => socket.assigns.city }}

    case socket.assigns.parent_type do
      "liveview" -> send self(), {:geo_data, data}
      "component" ->  send_update(socket.assigns.module,
                      id: socket.assigns.parent_id,
                      update: :geo_data, data: data)
    end
    socket
  end