NDN on Node

NDN on Node (NoN) is an NDN library running on Node.js. The usage is quite different from the original browser-based NDN.JS library but more similar to PyCCN in that it is used to implement standalone NDN applications. It features a pure JavaScript implementation with no dependency on CCNx C library (which is true for PyCCN and ndn.cxx C++ library).

Major changes from NDN.JS:

• Use TCP rather than WebSocket to connect to local ccnd
• Use Node.js Buffer object rather than JavaScript ArrayBuffer to hold NDN packets in memory
• Implement key management interfaces, such as load key from PEM files
• Use callback-based rather than closure-based NDN event model
• Significant code cleanup and refactoring

Usage

To use this library, put ./build/ndn.js in your project folder and 'require' that file in your code.

For example:

var NDN = require('./ndn.js').NDN;
var ndn = new NDN();
ndn.connect();

More sample codes can be found in ./sample folder.

Build

To build the 'ndn.js' lib file, simply run the script 'make.sh' in ./build folder.