Host pinger

Ping your multiple hosts in realtime from the CLI or use it as Node.js module.

CLI

Install

npm install --global host-pinger

Usage

$ host-pinger --help

   Usage
     $ host-pinger [alias@]host, [[alias@]host...]

   Options
     -a, --amount Amount of pings. Infinitely (0) by default;
     -d, --delay Delay in ms. 1000 by Default;
     -h, --help Get help;

   Examples
    host-pinger [email protected] google.com -a 20 -d 1000

Node.js Module

Install

npm install --save host-pinger

Usage

const HostPinger = require('host-pinger');

let hostPinger = new HostPinger({
  hosts: [
    {alias: 'Home', host: '192.168.1.1'},
    'google.com'
  ]
});

//Get pings
hostPinger.start(servers => {
  //...
});

//Stop receive pings
hostPinger.stop();


//Error handling
hostPinger.on('error', err => {
  //...
});

HostPinger

new HostPinger([opts])

Create a new HostPinger.

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | [options] | Object | | | [options.amount] | Number | Amount of pings. Infinitely (0) by default; | | [options.delay] | Number | Delay in ms. 1000 by Default; | | [options.hosts] | Array | Array of hosts strings or objects |

Server response structure

{ hostName: 'google.com',
 address: '92.223.8.109',
 ping: 10 }