@navify/discover v3.1.11

Navify Discover

Simple UDP based protocol for service discovery implemented in pure JS. It is not mDNS or bonjour, but it tries to accomplish the same thing.

Spec

It uses a JSON based textual format:

const message = {
  t: now,
  id: 'unique',
  name: this.name,
  host: os.hostname(),
  ip: iface.address,
  port: number1,
  commPort: number2
};

return 'NAV_DP' + JSON.stringify(message);

Installation

npm install @navify/discover

Usage

import { Publisher } from '@navify/discover';

const namespace = 'your-service';
const serviceName = 'Navify thing!';
const tcpPort = 8100;
const service = new Publisher(namespace, serviceName, tcpPort);

await service.start();