def notifyUser(user_id, message):
"""
How to use this method:
from socket_events import notifyUser
notifyUser(1, "sample notification message")
"""
new_notification = Notification(user_id, message)
new_notification.save()
ser_notification = NotificationSchema().dump(new_notification)
socketid = online_users.get(user_id)
if socketid:
emit('new notification',
ser_notification,
room=socketid,
namespace='/')
return ser_notification
