Xbox-controller-node NPM

Xbox Controller Interface

dependencies

Simple interface to Xbox controller using Node.js

Installing

npm install xbox-controller-node

If you have problems with the instalation of the node-hid these links can be usefull:

Prerequisites of node-hid node-hid prerequisites
node-gyp wiki documentation for windows node-gyp wiki

Linux Requirements

Ubunto based distributions

libudev-dev
libusb-1.0-0-dev

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev && sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

Fedora based distributions

kernel-modules-extra
joystick
libusbx-devel

sudo yum install kernel-modules-extra
sudo yum install joystick
sudo yum install libusbx-devel

Usage

See the complete API Xbox Controller API.

var xbox = require('xbox-controller-node');

xbox.on('a', function () {
  console.log('[A] button press');
});

xbox.on('a:release', function () {
  console.log('[A] button release');
});

xbox.on('start', function () {
  console.log('[Start] button press');
});

xbox.on('left', function () {
  console.log('[LEFT] button press');
});

xbox.on('left:release', function () {
  console.log('[LEFT] button release');
});

xbox.on('upright', function () {
  console.log('[UPRIGHT] buttons combination press');
});

xbox.on('leftstickpress', function () {
  console.log('[LEFTSTICK] button press');
});

//Manage sticks events

xbox.on('leftstickLeft', function () {
  console.log('Moving [LEFTSTICK] LEFT');
});

xbox.on('leftstickLeft:release', function () {
  console.log('Released [LEFTSTICK] LEFT');
});

xbox.on('leftstickRight', function () {
  console.log('Moving [LEFTSTICK] RIGHT');
});

xbox.on('leftstickRight:release', function () {
  console.log('Released [LEFTSTICK] RIGHT');
})

xbox.on('leftstickDown', function () {
  console.log('Moving [LEFTSTICK] DOWN');
});

xbox.on('leftstickUp', function () {
  console.log('Moving [LEFTSTICK] UP');
});

xbox.on('rightstickLeft', function () {
  console.log('Moving [RIGHTSTICK] LEFT');
});

xbox.on('rightstickLeft:release', function () {
  console.log('Released [RIGHTSTICK] LEFT');
});

xbox.on('rightstickRight', function () {
  console.log('Moving [RIGHTSTICK] RIGHT');
});

xbox.on('rightstickDown', function () {
  console.log('Moving [RIGHTSTICK] DOWN');
});

xbox.on('rightstickUp', function () {
  console.log('Moving [RIGHTSTICK] UP');
});

You can test the API running:

npm test

Configuration

If the button commands coming wrong you can configure your own controller interface.

var xbox = require('xbox-controller-node');

xbox.configure();

This will launch a server page on browser to you configure your controller. The page will be available on http://localhost:3000. See the complete Configuration Guide.