node-discovery

A UDP discovery service based on Node.js, it can find the target device in the LAN.

Usage

• Put the directory server to the device which to be looking for
• Run the script node node-discovery-server.js or ./node-discovery-server.js. Also you can use pm2 to run it in deamon.
• Run script node-discovery-client.js in directory client, then you can see the address of server.

Configuration files

config_server.json

{
	"serverPort": 1314,     //server listening port
	"clientPort": 11314,     //client listening port
	"idString": "WhereAreYou",     //identification string to broadcast
	"responseString": "ImHere",     //response string sent to client from server
	"additionalString": "device 1"     //additional string to identify a server (optinal)
}

config_client.json

{
	"serverPort": 1314,     //server listening port
	"clientPort": 11314,     //client listening port
	"idString": "WhereAreYou",     //identification string to broadcast
	"responseString": "ImHere",     //response string sent to client from server
	"timeout": 3000,     //timeout waiting for response of broadcast
	"broadcastAddr": "255.255.255.255"     //broadcast address (optional default 255.255.255.255)
}

License

MIT License. See the LICENSE file.