inputcast v0.0.1

InputCast

Keyboard and Controller support for Chromecast

How to use InputCast

npm install inputcast

Sender

import { InputCast } from 'inputcast/sender'

window['__onGCastApiAvailable'] = function(isAvailable) {
  if (isAvailable) {
    const inputCast = new InputCast()
    
    inputCast.onBeforeGamepad(InputCast.INPUT.R2, event => {
      return event
    })
    
    inputCast.onBeforeKeyboard(InputCast.INPUT.ALL, event => {
      return event
    })
  }
}

Receiver

import { InputCast } from 'inputcast/receiver'

const inputCast = new InputCast()

inputCast.onGamepad(InputCast.INPUT.R2, event => {
  console.log(event) 
})

inputCast.onKeyboard(InputCast.INPUT.ALL, event => {
  console.log(event) 
})

API Docs

Sender

//Gamepad interceptor that allows modifying or 
//adding data before being sent to the receiver
onBeforeGamepad(
  type: string,
  cb: (event: GamepadEvent) => Promise<GamepadEvent> | GamepadEvent
)

//Keyboard interceptor that allows modifying or 
//adding data before being sent to the receiver
//This event data also includes a `preventDefault` 
//function that if called will stop the event from 
//propagating to the sender
onBeforeGamepad(
  type: string, 
  cb: (event: KeyboardEvent) => Promise<KeyboardEvent> | KeyboardEvent
)

Receiver

//Event listener for gamepad events
onGamepad(
  type: string,
  cb: (event: GamepadEvent) => void
)

//Event listener for keyboard events
onGamepad(
  type: string,
  cb: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void
)

Available types

Gamepad

InputCast supports all of the available types in the below repo https://github.com/lmckeen/Gam3pad#available-types

Keyboard

InputCast.INPUT.ALL

InputCast also supports all KeyboardEvent types by their respective string based code value https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code/code_values

Demo

Live

https://lukemckeen.com/InputCast-Demo/dist/sender

Repo

https://github.com/lmckeen/InputCast-Demo