node-dmidecode

Simple system and OS information library for node.js

Quick Start

Lightweight node library for dmidecode to access all system information via the unix dmidecode command - no npm dependencies.

Installation

$ npm install dmidecode --save

Usage

const dmi = require('dmidecode');

// callback style
dmi.cpu(function(data) {
	console.log('CPU-Information:');
	console.log(data);
});

dmi.all(function(data){
  console.log('CPU-Information:');
	console.log(data);
});

News and Changes

Latest Activity

(last major and minor version releases)

• Version 1.0.1: initial check-in
• ...

You can find all changes here: detailed changelog

Core concept

Node.js comes with some basic system information, but I always wanted a little more. So I came up to write this little wrapper library. This library is still work in progress. This version only supports platforms with dmidecode installed.

If you have comments, suggestions & reports, please feel free to contact me!

Reference

Function Reference and OS Support

1. General

| Function | Result object | Linux | OSX | BSD | Comments | | --------------- | ----- | ----- | ---- | ------- | -------- | | dmi.all() | {...} | X | X | X | all available dmidecode info | | dmi.cpu() | {...} | X | X | X | all cpu and cache dmidecode info | | dmi.type(array) | {...} | X | X | X | all types in array as requested info, assuming dmidecode supports | | dmi.type(sting) | {...} | X | X | X | requested dmidecode type info | | dmi.item(string) | string | X | X | X | e.g. Intel (from "processor-manufacturer") |

const dmi = require('dmidecode');

dmi.item('processor-manufacturer', function(data) {
	console.log('Processor manufacturer :'+data);
});

dmi.type(['memory','bios'],function(data){
	console.log('System memory contains:');
	console.log(data)
});

Known Issues

currently multiple nested devices under one "Handle" only reports one device. We are working on a bug fix to address this. The bug-fix will change nested devices to an array instead of an object.

dmidecode install

to use this code you need to install or verify dmidecode is installed on the system and is available to run by the node user

$ yum install dmidecode

Finding new issues

I am happy to discuss any comments and suggestions. Please feel free to contact me if you see any possibility of improvement!

Comments

If you have ideas or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Happy probing!

Sincerely,

Christopher Harrison, Great Lakes SAN

Credits

Written by Christopher Harrison chair300

Contributers

Copyright Information

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds, OS X is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Node.js is a trademark of Joyent Inc., Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation, AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Debian is a trademark of the Debian Project, Ubuntu is a trademark of Canonical Ltd., Docker is a trademark of Docker, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright © 2017-2017 Christopher Harrison, Great Lakes SAN.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Further details see LICENSE file.