README.md

dnode-tarantula

dnode-tarantula is an asynchronous rpc and event system for node.js based on dnode-protocol and TCP sockets. This is fork of dnode-spider

Features

• Automatic reconnection
• bi-direction and poly-direction communication
• Events

Install

npm install dnode-tarantula

Examples

Also check examples

server.js:

var dnode = require('dnode-tarantula');

var server = new dnode.Server({
	transform: function (a, b, cb) {
		cb(a + b, 'Hello from Spider!');
	}
}, {port: 5000, host: 'localhost'});

server.on('connection', function(remote) {
	remote.math(1, 2, function(res, hello) {
		console.log(res, hello);
	});
});

client.js:

var dnode = require('dnode-tarantula');

var client = new dnode.Client({
	math: function (a, b, cb) {
		cb((a + b) * 2, 'Hello from Fly! My name: '+client.nodeId);
	}
}, {port: 5000, host: 'localhost', nodeId: 'Fly1'});

client.on('connection', function(remote) {
	remote.transform(1, 2, function(res, hello) {
		console.log(res, hello);
	});
});

output:

node server.js &
node client.js &
3 'Hello from Spider!'
6 'Hello from Fly! My name: Fly1'

Methods

var dnode = require('dnode-tarantula')

API

Server

var server = dnode.Server(api, options);

• Object api - shared server methods object
• Object options - settings object

{
	port: 1337, //default: 5000
	host: 'node.example.com', // default: 'localhost'
	auth: function(flyAuth, callback), // default: null
	id: '1337', // any string. Default: random shortid
	store: new dnode.stores.redis({
		pub: redis.createServer(),
		sub: redis.createServer(),
		client: redis.createServer()
	}), // default: memory store
	pingInterval: 15000, // Any number in ms. default: 10000
}

Api object has $ object, which is reserved for internal stuff (Danger Zone™).

Call method with 'methodname' from Client with id = 'nodeId'.

api.$.ids(callback)

• Function callback - callback

Return Array of all Client ID`s that are connected to Server

server.update(id)

Update server API to client with id == id

server.broadcast(methodname, [arguments])

• String methodname - name of method
• Array arguments - arguments, that should be passed to remote function

Broadcast a function call to all clients.

server.ids()

Return ids of all connected clients

Events

server.on('connection', function(remote, client, api) {});	// client connected
server.on('disconnection', function(client) {});		// client disconnected

Client

var client = dnode.Client(api, options);

• Object api - shared Client methods object
• Object options - settings object

{
	port: 1337, //default: 5000
	host: 'node.example.com', // default: 'localhost'
	nodeId: 'W00T', //default: process.pid
	auth: 'SoSecureKey' //auth key. default: null
}

client.update()

Call this method after updating your API object, and changes will propagate to server.

Events

client.on('remote', function(remote) {}); // client remote methods are ready
client.on('ping', function(client) {}); // ping packet sent
client.on('ping:timeout', function(client) {}); // well... A ping timeout!
client.on('ping:reply', function(client) {}); // emitted when ping reply arrives