Snapkite Stream Client

This helper library handles stream of tweets sent using Socket.IO by Snapkite Engine.

Install

npm install --save snapkite-stream-client

API

var SnapkiteStreamClient = require('snapkite-stream-client');

initializeStream() or initialiseStream()

Connects to Snapkite Engine and invokes callback function on receiving new tweet:

SnapkiteStreamClient.initializeStream(callback, options);

Callback function should handle tweet object:

function callback(tweet) {
  // ... handle tweet object
}

options object:

{
  hostname: 'localhost',
  port: 3000,
  delayInMilliseconds: 1500,
  cacheNumberOfTweets: 20
}

• hostname

  Default: localhost.

• port

  Default: 3000.

• delayInMilliseconds

  Tweets can arrive at a very fast pace, so to prevent that you can set the minimum delay between tweets. Delay is set in milliseconds.

  Default: 1500

• cacheNumberOfTweets

  If you set a delay between receiving new tweets, you might want to cache them. Tweets that are not cached will be dropped.

  Default: 20

destroyStream()

Disconnect from Snapkite Engine.

SnapkiteStreamClient.destroyStream();

License

This library is released under the MIT license.

This software comes with NO WARRANTY, expressed or implied.