node mpd client

Connect to a music player daemon server, send commands,
emit events.

You might also be interested in checking out
node-groove,
a generic music player backend as a node module.

Or maybe Groove Basin,
a music player server which supports the MPD protocol and has many
features and improvements
over MPD.

Usage

``js
var mpd = require('mpd'),
cmd = mpd.cmd
var client = mpd.connect({
port: 6600,
host: 'localhost',
});
client.on('ready', function() {
console.log("ready");
});
client.on('system', function(name) {
console.log("update", name);
});
client.on('system-player', function() {
client.sendCommand(cmd("status", []), function(err, msg) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(msg);
});
});
`

Documentation

See also the MPD Protocol Documentation.

$3

#### mpd.cmd(name, args)

Convert name/args pair into a Command.

#### mpd.connect(options)

Connects and returns a client.

#### mpd.parseKeyValueMessage(msg)

msg: a string which contains an MPD response.
Returns an object.

#### client.sendCommand(command, callback)

command can be a MpdClient.Command or a string.

#### client.sendCommands(commandList, callback)

$3

#### error(err)

#### end

The connection is closed.

#### connect

A socket connection has been made.

#### ready

The mpd server is ready to accept commands.

#### system(systemName)

A system has updated. systemName is one of:

* database - the song database has been modified after update.
* update - a database update has started or finished. If the database was
modified during the update, the database event is also emitted.
* stored_playlist - a stored playlist has been modified, renamed, created
or deleted
* playlist - the current playlist has been modified
* player - the player has been started, stopped or seeked
* mixer - the volume has been changed
* output - an audio output has been enabled or disabled
* options - options like repeat, random, crossfade, replay gain
* sticker - the sticker database has been modified.
* subscription - a client has subscribed or unsubscribed to a channel
* message` - a message was received on a channel this client is subscribed
to; this event is only emitted when the queue is empty

#### system-*

See above event. Each system name has its own event as well.