Remote EE

Remote event emitter is a lightweight way to use event emitters across a network.

Instalation

yarn add remote-ee

Usage

Remote ee is designed to be used a cross a server and one or more clients

Server.js

const { Server } = require("remote-ee");

const server = new Server();
server.listen(1337);

server.subscribe((ee, socket) => {
    socket.send("message", "Hello from the server");
    
    ee.on("message", message => {
        console.log(message);
        socket.send("leave now");
    });
    
    ee.on("quit", () => {
        socket.send("message", "bye");
    });
});

Client.js

const { Client } = require("remote-ee");

const client = new Client();
client.connect({ port: 1337 });

client.on("connect", () => {
    client.send("message", "Hello from the client");
});

client.subscribe(ee => {
    ee.on("message", message => {
        console.log(message);
    });

    ee.on("leave now", () => {
        client.send("quit");
    });
});

Api

Server

Server is a subclass of net.Server

Server#subscribe(ee: EventEmitter, socket: net.Socket)

Setup a subscribe handler which will be called on every connection to the server. The socket has an added send property.

Client

Client is a subclass of net.Client

Client#subscribe(ee: EventEmitter)

Subscribe to the client connection. This handler will be called once.

Client#send(type: string, payload: any)

Send an event to the server, the payload must be json sterilizable.