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+# spies
+
+Spy on a running node program by having a man on the inside
+
+	npm install spies
+
+The first thing you need is to setup a spy inside your program
+
+``` js
+var spies = require('spies');
+
+spies(9999, function(spy) {
+	spy.on('echo', function(value) {
+		spy.log(value);
+	});
+	spy.on('load-avg', function() {
+		spy.log(require('os').loadavg());
+	});
+});
+```
+
+Afterwards you can use `netcat` to contact and debrief your spy
+
+	nc localhost 9999
+
+This starts a `repl` where you can type in commands
+
+	help
+	$ : help
+	  : watch
+	  : echo
+	  : load-avg
+
+`help` and `watch` are build in commands than print the help and runs the same command every 1 second.
+You invoke a command simply typing it and pressing `enter` and the result will be pretty printed below.
+
+	load-avg
+	$ : 0.30126953125
+	  : 0.3203125
+	  : 0.33642578125
+
+To pass arguments to the commands simply seperate them them by a `space`
+
+	echo hello
+	$ : hello
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+var spies = require('spies');
+
+spies(9999, function(spy) {
+	spy.on('echo', function(value) {
+		spy.log(value);
+	});
+	spy.on('load-avg', function() {
+		spy.log(require('os').loadavg());
+	});
+});
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+var format = function(obj) {
+	var res = [];
+
+	var visit = function(prev, val) {
+		if (val === undefined || val === null) return res.push([prev, '(nil)']);
+		if (typeof val !== 'object') return res.push([prev, ''+val]);
+		if (Array.isArray(val) && !val.length) return res.push([prev, '(empty)']);
+
+		if (Array.isArray(val)) {
+			val.forEach(function(item) {
+				visit(prev, item);
+			});
+			return;
+		}
+
+		Object.keys(val).forEach(function(key) {
+			visit(prev ? prev+'.'+key : key, val[key]);
+		});
+	};
+
+	if (typeof obj !== 'object' || !obj || (Array.isArray(obj) && typeof obj[0] !== 'object')) {
+		obj = {'$':obj};
+	}
+
+	visit('', obj);
+
+	var prev = [];
+	var max = res.reduce(function(sofar, line) {
+		return line[0].length > sofar.length ? line[0] : sofar;
+	}, '').replace(/./g, ' ')+' \x1B[90m:\x1B[39m ';
+
+	return res.map(function(line) {
+		var prefix = line[0].split('.').map(function(l, i) {
+			return l === prev[i] ? l.replace(/./g, ' ') : l;
+		}).join('.').replace(/ \. /g, '  ');
+		var suffix = max.slice(-(max.length-line[0].length));
+		prev = line[0].split('.');
+		return '\x1B[36m'+prefix+'\x1B[39m'+suffix+line[1]+'\n';
+	}).join('');
+};
+
+module.exports = format;
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+var net = require('net');
+var format = require('./format');
+var Stream = require('stream');
+
+var CLEAR = new Buffer('G1tIG1sySg==', 'base64');
+
+var noop = function() {};
+
+var Shell = function() {
+	this.buffer = '';
+	this.once('pipe', function(stream) {
+		stream.on('error', noop); // ignore errors yo
+		stream.setEncoding('utf-8');
+	});
+
+	this.readable = true;
+	this.writable = true;
+};
+
+Shell.prototype.__proto__ = Stream.prototype;
+
+Shell.prototype.write = function(data) {
+	var self = this;
+	var messages = (this.buffer+data).split('\n');
+	this.buffer = messages.pop();
+	messages.forEach(function(message) {
+		if (!message.trim()) return self.emit('help');
+		if (!self.readable) return;
+		message = message.split(/\s+/g).map(function(item) {
+			if (/^\d+$/.test(item)) return parseInt(item, 10);
+			return item;
+		});
+		self.emit.apply(self, message);
+	});
+};
+
+Shell.prototype.end = function() {
+	this.finish('end');
+};
+
+Shell.prototype.destroy = function() {
+	this.finish('close');
+};
+
+Shell.prototype.finish = function(name) {
+	if (!this.readable) return;
+	this.readable = false;
+	this.writable = false;
+	this.emit(name);
+};
+
+Shell.prototype.log = function(value) {
+	this.emit('data', format(value));
+};
+
+module.exports = function(port, onshell) {
+	net.createServer(function(socket) {
+		var sh = new Shell();
+
+		socket.pipe(sh).pipe(socket);
+
+		var cmds = [];
+
+		sh.on('newListener', function(name) {
+			cmds.push(name);
+		});
+		sh.on('help', function() {
+			sh.log(cmds);
+		});
+		sh.on('watch', function() {
+			var args = arguments;
+			var watch = setInterval(function() {
+				sh.emit('data', CLEAR);
+				sh.emit.apply(sh, args);
+			}, 1000);
+
+			sh.once('close', function() {
+				clearInterval(watch);
+			});
+		});
+
+		onshell(sh);
+	}).listen(port);
+};
+module.exports.sh = function() {
+	return new Shell();
+};
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+{
+ "name":"spies",
+ "version":"0.1.0",
+ "dependencies": {},
+ "repository": "git://github.com/mafintosh/spies",
+ "description":"spy on a running program",
+ "keywords": ["repl","shell","nc"],
+ "author": "Mathias Buus Madsen <mathiasbuus@gmail.com>"
+}