bonjour-over-http

Http server to find / announce bonjour services.

It provides an API and a binary to install.

API

Publish services

POST /publish

Description : Publish a service over bonjour.

Format : multipart/form-data

Data:

  if ('name' in req.body)       options.name      = req.body.name
  if ('port' in req.body)       options.port      = req.body.port
  if ('type' in req.body)       options.type      = req.body.type
  if ('host' in req.body)       options.host      = req.body.host
  if ('subtypes' in req.body)   options.subtypes  = req.body.subtypes
  if ('protocol' in req.body)   options.protocol  = req.body.protocol
  if ('txt' in req.body)        options.txt       = req.body.txt

Response:

res[id] = {
  id:         publishedServices[id].id,
  name:       publishedServices[id].name,
  protocol:   publishedServices[id].protocol,
  type:       publishedServices[id].type,
  host:       publishedServices[id].host,
  port:       publishedServices[id].port,
  fqdn:       publishedServices[id].fqdn,
  subtypes:   publishedServices[id].subtypes,
  txt:        publishedServices[id].txt,
  published:  publishedServices[id].published,
}

GET /published

Description : List published services from this server.

Format : -

Data: none

Response:

res[id] = {
  id:         publishedServices[id].id,
  name:       publishedServices[id].name,
  protocol:   publishedServices[id].protocol,
  type:       publishedServices[id].type,
  host:       publishedServices[id].host,
  port:       publishedServices[id].port,
  fqdn:       publishedServices[id].fqdn,
  subtypes:   publishedServices[id].subtypes,
  txt:        publishedServices[id].txt,
  published:  publishedServices[id].published,
}

POST /unpublish

Description : unpublish previously published service.

Format : multipart/form-data

Data: req.body.id

Response: -

POST /unpublishall

Description : unpublish all previously published services.

Format : multipart/form-data

Data: -

Response: -

Browse services

POST /findone

Description : Find a service through bonjour.

Format : multipart/form-data

Data:

if( 'timeout' in req.body)  reqTimeout  = req.body.timeout
if( 'type' in req.body)     opt.type      = req.body.type
if( 'subtypes' in req.body) opt.subtypes  = req.body.subtypes
if( 'protocol' in req.body) opt.protocol  = req.body.protocol

Response:

{
  addresses:  [],
  name:       'whateverelse',
  fqdn:       'whateverelse._someother._tcp.local',
  host:       'linux.local',
  port:       8091,
  type:       'someother',
  protocol:   'tcp',
  subtypes:   [],
  rawTxt:     { type: 'Buffer', data: [0] },
  txt:        {}
}

POST /find

Description : Find services through bonjour.

Format : multipart/form-data

Data:

  if( 'timeout' in req.body)  reqTimeout    = req.body.timeout
  if( 'type' in req.body)     opt.type      = req.body.type
  if( 'subtypes' in req.body) opt.subtypes  = req.body.subtypes
  if( 'protocol' in req.body) opt.protocol  = req.body.protocol

Response:

[
  {
    name:       service.name,
    type:       service.type,
    subtypes:   service.subtypes,
    protocol:   service.protocol,
    host:       service.host,
    port:       service.port,
    fqdn:       service.fqdn,
    txt:        service.txt,
    published:  service.published
  }
]

Binary

Usage

bonjour-over-http 1.0.0
  Http server to find / announce bonjour services

Usage
  bonjour-over-http --config=/path/to/config.json

Options
  --config  | -c   Path to the JSON configuration file
  --verbose | -v   Enable verbosity pass in the module list to debug.

Config
  The configuration is a plain json object describing several options to
  apply to your instance of bonjour-over-http.

  {
    "ssl": {
      "port": "a number, or null for a random port",
      "host": "a host value to listen for https requests",
      "key": "a path to an SSL key",
      "ca": "a path to the SSL CA file",
      "cert": "a path to the SSL cert file"
    },
    "clear": {
      "port": "a number, or null for a random port",
      "host": "a host value to listen for http requests"
    },
    "cors": {
      "origin": "*",
      "credentials": "true|false",
      "methods": ["GET", "PUT", "POST"],
      "allowedHeaders": ["Content-Type", "Authorization"],
      "exposedHeaders": ["Content-Range", "X-Content-Range"],
      "maxAge": 600
    }
  }

Todos

• add support for json body request (config switch + implementation + demo)

Read more

• https://github.com/watson/bonjour
• http://expressjs.com/en/api.html