Hermes NodeJS Package

Description

Small NPM package that forwards event messages to the queue server (RPi-Queue) through a socket server on port 9999.

Installation

npm install --save @p4d/hermes-nodejs

Usage

Require package

	const Hermes = require('@p4d/hermes-nodejs')

Create hermes object

	// Specifying configuration
	var hermes = new Hermes({
		type: 'testAppData',
		project: {
			id: 'test_project',
			name: 'Test Project'
		},
		kronosId: 'abc123'
	})

	// Using default RPi information (Requires properly configured Raspberry Pi)
	var hermes = new Hermes({
		type: 'testAppData'
	})

To configure RPi use rpi-config.

Send events

	hermes.send(data)

Where data is a JSON object.

Full example

	const Hermes = require('@p4d/hermes-nodejs')

	var hermes = new Hermes({
		type: 'testAppData',
		project: {
			id: 'test_project',
			name: 'Test Project'
		},
		kronosId: 'abc123'
	})
	var data = {
		name: 'new_experience',
		experience_id: 2
	}
	hermes.send(data)

Limitations

This module requires that the queue server is correctly configured. It does not send messages on it's own. For documentation on the queue server see: RPi-Queue