Punt

A small layer on top of node's core UDP module to make fast volatile messaging even simpler. Punt uses the tiny AMP prototol to serialize buffer, string, and json arguments.

Installation

$ npm install punt

Example

A small in-proc example of a server with three clients:

var punt = require('punt');
var server = punt.bind('0.0.0.0:5000');
var a = punt.connect('0.0.0.0:5000');
var b = punt.connect('0.0.0.0:5000');
var c = punt.connect('0.0.0.0:5000');
 
server.on('message', function(msg){
  console.log(msg);
});
 
setInterval(function(){
  a.send({ hello: 'world' });
}, 150);
 
setInterval(function(){
  b.send('hello world');
}, 150);
 
setInterval(function(){
  c.send(new Buffer('hello'));
}, 150);

yielding:

<Buffer 68 65 6c 6c 6f>
hello world
{ hello: 'world' }
<Buffer 68 65 6c 6c 6f>
hello world
{ hello: 'world' }
...

API

Server(addr)

Bind to the given addr.

Client(addr)

Connect to the given addr.

Client#send(...)

Send one or more arguments a single atomic message. The following types are supported through AMP:

• strings
• buffers
• objects (serialized as JSON)

License

MIT