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LiPS

Introduction

This is a node module providing a unique interface for subscribing to an expandable amount of services.

Install

npm install LiPS

Quick start

Usage sample

"use strict";

var path = require('path');
var ON_DEATH = require('death');

var LiPS = require('./index.js');

var fileLiPS = LiPS.create({
    implementation: 'file-lips'
});

var listener = fileLiPS.on({
    filepath: path.join(__dirname, 'plop'),
    fileEncoding: 'utf8',
    readingMethod: 'append'
}, function(err, data) {
    if(!err) console.log('content [', data, ']');
});

Demos

For each demo, go to LiPS module folder.

file-lips demo

Have a plop file:

touch plop

Run the npm demo script:

npm run-script demo-file-lips

Start modifying the plop file to see the changes being logged.

socket.io-lips demo

Run the npm demo script:

npm run-script demo-socket.io-lips

It launches a server and a client. Messages received by the client are logged.

amqp-lips demo

Have a RabbitMQ server running and change the configuration in demo_amqp_lips.js to match your server one.

Run the npm demo script:

npm run-script demo-amqp-lips

Publish a message in the speficied queue and see this message being logged.

mysql-lips

Warning : this module works only if the mysql database is on the same server as the script and the mysql user must have all privileges to manage creating mysql triggers for the purpose of this module.

After configuring the mysql in demo_mysql_lips.js, run the npm demo script: