node-red-contrib-nats

NATS is a pub/sub protocol for IoT with a request/reply functionality.

Install

This is a fork of a initial work of node-red-contrib-nats, but with independent development.

Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install:

npm i node-red-contrib-natsio

Functionality supported and ToDo

For gnatsd:

• [x] Publish
• [ ] |-use callback or promise?
• [x] Subscription
• [x] |-Unsubscription after N messages
• [x] |-Queue
• [x] Request/reply
• [x] |-Timeout
• [x] |-max. replies
• [ ] |-chosen reply subject?
• [x] Configuration node
• [x] |-Node status
• [x] |-Tabs
• [x] |-Credentials: user and password
• [ ] |-Credentials: token
• [x] |-Don't crash on broker connection error (including node-red starting)
• [ ] |-security: TLS
• [ ] |-Configurable reconnecting options
• [ ] Improve documentation

For nats-streaming-server:

• This is a future work