txrx 📤📥

Send and receive messages between programs

What is this?

Sometimes in development you just want to send some data to a running program, and dont want to have to mess around with servers or API requests. This is much easier!

Usage

First, you will typically have your program/app/etc, where you will be receiving data. Let's call it app.js.

You will instantiate a Receiver() with a port of your choice. it defaults to 3000

app.js (receiver)

// app.js

const {Receiver} = require("txrx")
const receiver = new Receiver(3000) // specify port. default 3000

receiver.on("message", data => {
    console.log(data)
})

receiver.listen()

/*
    ~ your code ~
*/

Next, create another script that we will use to run your transmitter/sender.

transmitter.js

// transmitter.js

const {Transmitter} = require("txrx")
const transmitter = new Transmitter()

transmitter.start() // starts a command prompt in console

Running the files

1. Open a console window and run app.js

node app.js

2. Open another console window and run transmitter.js. It will start running a command prompt.

node transmitter.js
> _

3. Type a message

# transmitter.js running...
> hello world

4. Check back in your app.js console window. You should now see the message logged!

# app.js running...
hello world