milton
v0.0.2
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pub/sub server and client powered by scuttlebutt
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Overview
Milton is a publish subscribe client and server for node.js based on the scuttlebutt event emitter. Clients can recieve new events from any other connected client. Install globally and run 'milton' to launch the milton server, clients can connect to the server to emit and recieve events.
Launch the server manually and replicate with remote process' to create a mesh network.
install
npm install milton -g
Server
Launch a local instance
milton
Launch a local server and replicate with a remote milton server
milton -p 9999 --replicate 192.168.0.1:8000
# dont use spaces if passing an array
milton -p 9998 -r ['192.168.0.1:8000','127.0.0.1:9999']
Library usage
var milton = require('milton/client');
var client = milton({ port: 8000 });
var event = {
demo: true
};
process.nextTick(function () {
client.emit('demo', event);
});
client.on('demo', function (data) {
console.log('[recieved] ', data);
});
As a pull stream sink
var pull = require('pull-stream');
var sink = require('milton/pull/sink')();
pull(
pull.values([ { demo: true } ]),
sink('demo_channel')
)
As a pull stream source
var pull = require('pull-stream');
var source = require('milton/pull/source')();
pull(
source('demo_channel'),
pull.log()
)
Peer to peer
Manually create servers and replicate with remote processes to create a peer to peer mesh.
var server = require('milton/server')();
// create a milton server manually
// and replicate with a remote milton server...
//
server.start(8000, function () {
server.replicate('192.168.0.100', 9000);
});