Besio

Besio is a Node.js project that allows you to emit events and stream data over a TCP connection.

How to Install

npm install besio

How to use

Require:

var besio = require('besio');

server.js

var server = besio.createServer(function(client) {
  client.emit('hello', function(message) {
    console.log('Client says: ' + message); // Client says: Hello World
  });
});

server.listen(4746, function() {
  console.log('Server listening on port ' + this.address().port + ' and address ' + this.address().address);
});

client.js

var client = besio.connect(4746);

client.on('hello', function(cb) {
  console.log('Hello from server');
  cb('Hello World'); // Send message to server
});

Emit streams

server.js

var server = besio.createServer(function(client) {
  client.on('stdin', function(stream) {
    stream.pipe(process.stdout);
  });
  client.on('stdout', function(stream) {
    process.stdin.resume();
    process.stdin.pipe(stream);
  });
});

server.listen(4746, function() {
  console.log('Server listening on port ' + this.address().port + ' and address ' + this.address().address);
});

client.js

var client = besio.connect(4746);

process.stdin.resume();

client.emit('stdin', process.stdin);
client.emit('stdout', process.stdout);