unix-dgram-socket

Connection-less, reliable unix datagram socket implementation with abstract namespace support for local interprocess communication in Node.JS application. UNIX domain sockets can be either unnamed, or bound to a filesystem pathname (marked as being of type socket). Linux also supports an abstract namespace which is independent of the filesystem.

Installation

npm i unix-dgram-socket --save

Package C++ addons will be compiled during installation.

Examples

Open socket

import {UnixDgramSocket} from "unix-dgram-socket";

const socket = new UnixDgramSocket();

// Call on error
socket.on('error', (error: any) => {
    console.log(error);
});

// Call when new message is received
socket.on('message', (message: Buffer, info: any) => {
    console.log(message.toString(UnixDgramSocket.payloadEncoding));
    console.log(info);
});

// Call when socket is bind to path
socket.on('listening', (path: string) => {
    console.log(`socket listening on path: ${path}`);
});

// Bind socket to filesystem path
socket.bind("/tmp/socket1.sock");

Sending messages

import {UnixDgramSocket} from "unix-dgram-socket";

const socket = new UnixDgramSocket();

// Call on error
socket.on('error', (error: any) => {
    console.log(error);
});

// Call when new message is received
socket.on('message', (message: Buffer, info: any) => {
    console.log(message.toString(UnixDgramSocket.payloadEncoding));
    console.log(info);
});

// Call on successful connect
socket.on('connect', (path: string) => {
    console.log(`socket connected to path: ${path}`);
});

// Call when socket is bind to path
socket.on('listening', (path: string) => {
    console.log(`socket listening on path: ${path}`);
});

socket.send("Special inter-process delivery!", "/tmp/socket1.sock");

// Dgram socket is connection-less so call connect only set default destination path and can be called many times
socket.connect("/tmp/socket1.sock");

// Send can be called without path if 'connect' was called before
socket.send("I will be send to default path, set by connect!");

// CLose socket to prevent further communication
socket.close();

Operating with abstract namespace path

Abstract namespace path can be passed by starting path string from null byte ('\0') or "@" character.

// Bind socket to abstract path
socket.bind("@/abstract/path/socket1.sock");

// Send data to abstract namespace path
socket.send("Special inter-process delivery!", "@/abstract/path/socket1.sock");

Additional information

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

GPL-3.0

References

• http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/unix.7.html
• http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/socket.2.html