messaging framework for communicating with running node.js applications over http
npm install earsSimple listening plugin for node.js applications. Send messages to your running application in JSON over http.
$ npm install ears
Ears is very simple to use. It listens on your port of choice (or auto-detects a free port above 3999) on your address of choice (defaulting to INADDR_ANY) for incoming JSON POST requests. Ears is an EventEmitter, and will emit "message" on every incoming "directive". Your application can then respond to the event in any way it sees fit.
```javascript
var Ears = require('ears');
ears = new Ears({ port: 3333 });
ears.on('testMessage', function (message) {
console.log(message); // This is my test message!
});
ears.listen();
``
$ curl localhost:3333 -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{ "directive": "testMessage", "message": "This is my test message!" }'
{"ok":true,"message":"ok"}
$
Options are passed on instance creation, i.e. new Ears([options]);
port: [null]: Port to listen on, defaults to first available above 3999
verbose: [true]/false: Talk about listening and incoming requests
messages.ok: Response string on ok valid requests
messages.nok: Response string on invalid requests
If you are using winston in your application, Ears can log to it rather than stdout:
winston.logger: winston
winston.level: 'info'
#### listen([options], [callback])
``javascript
// Just listen
ears.listen();
// Listen with a callback
ears.listen(function () {});
// Listen on a specific address with a callback
ears.listen({
host: '127.0.0.1' // Defaults to INADDR_ANY (all addresses on host)
}, function () {});
``
#### muffs([callback])
``javascript``
// Stop responding to requests, with an optional callback
ears.muffs();
ears.muffs(function () {});
If you...
send a properly formed request with appropriate properties -> 200 OK
send a GET request -> 405 Method Not Allowed
send a POST request without application/json content type -> 400 Bad Request
send a JSON object missing the required properties -> 400 Bad Request
send malformed JSON -> 400 Bad Request
I developed this module initially to provide a way to talk to production node.js applications from the command line
using cURL. By integrating Ears into applications, I can communicate graceful shutdown commands to node instances
as part of deploy scripts, etc.
Since it is not specialized to a particular purpose, it can be used anywhere it would be useful to convey messages or data
via JSON to a node.js application from the local host.
Ears has a full test suite written for mocha. npm install -g mocha` for access to the binary.
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Copyright (c) 2011 Carson Christian <cc@amplego.com>
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