Nodejs Client Library

Nodejs Client library for IOStash IoT PaaS. Supports realtime data subscription to Devices, Data Points, Location, Channels and Custom Data sent to devices.

Installing

Use NPM

npm install iostash

How To Use

This library supports all realtime events supported by IOStash. Refer to API Docs on http://docs.iostash.io for more information and guides on using this library.

  //Require library
  var io = require('iostash')
  //Initialize
  var iostash = new io(options);
  //Attach listeners
  iostash.subscribeDevice('DEVICE-ID_HERE', function (err,data) {
  //Handle data here
  });  

Supported option parameters

• accessToken - Your user access token.
• autoReconnect - Reconnect automatically if connection drops. Default is true/
• retryDelay - Delay between retries in ms. Default is 500.
• retryAttempts - Number of retries to perform. Default is 10.
• deubgLogs - Enable library debug logs. Default is false.

Example

This example utilises a public device defined in IOStash.

var io = require('iostash');
var options = {
    accessToken: 'token goes here',
    debugLogs: true
};
var iostash = new io(options);
iostash.subscribeDevice('5734997f8680bc62de000006', function(err, update) {
    console.log(update);
});

Methods

• constructor(options) - Initialises the object with specified options.
• subscribeDevice(deviceId,cb(err,data)) - Subscribes to data changes from the specified device.
• unsubscribeDevice(deviceId,cb(err,data)) - Unsubscribes from the specified device.
• subscribeDataPoint(deviceId,datapoint,cb(err,data)) - Subscribes to specified datapoint of the specified device.
• unsubscribeDataPoint(deviceId,datapoint,cb(err,data)) - Unsubscribes from the specified data point.
• subscribeLocation(deviceId,cb(err,data)) - Subscribes to location data from the specified device.
• subscribeActions(deviceId,cb(err,data)) - Subscribes to device trigger action of the specified device.
• subscribeCustomData(deviceId,cb(err,data)) - Subscribes to custom data sent to the device.
• getConnectionStatus(cb(status)) - Gets the connection status
• connectionDropped(cb(err)) - Callback will be executed when the connection is dropped.
• connectionFatal(cb(err)) - Callback will be executed when an irrecoverable error occurs.

Notes

• cb() refers to callbacks and they will be executed during updates.
• This library does not (yet) support data pushing to IOStash.

For support or assistance, drop an email to [email protected]