net-reconnect

Makes net.connect() and net.createConnection() auto reconnect.

Usage

var reconnect= require('net-socket-reconnect')
var client= reconnect({port: 8080, reconnectInterval: 150}) // no change to original API

Options

• reconnectOnError reconnect on 'error', default false
• reconnectOnEnd reconnect on 'end', default false
• reconnectOnClose reconnect on 'close', default true
• reconnectOnTimeout reconnect on 'timeout', default false
• reconnectOnCreate reconnect after initial connect failed, default false
• reconnectInterval interval between tries, default 300
• reconnectTimes max retries, default 50

note: 50 * 300= 15,000. That's 15 seconds of retrying and then giving up with reconnectFailed event

Methods

Except the original events, there's a few new ones:

• client.reconnect() ends current connection and reconnects; or simple reconnects if you set all auto reconnect options to false (and decided to deal with it manually)
• client.stopReconnect() stops any further reconnect actions
• client.startReconnect() restarts reconnect
• client.getReconnect() get current reconnect state: true/on, or false/off

Events

Except the original events, there's a two new ones:

• reconnect when successfuly reconnected
• reconnectFailed when reconnect reached reconnectTimes

important: every successful reconnect will also emit 'connect' event by net.Socket, so plan your client.on('connect', function(){}) callbacks

Installation

npm install net-socket-reconnect

MIT License