vnstat-dumpdb

2.0.1 • Public • Published

vnstat-dumpdb

Get network traffic statistics from vnStat.

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Example

var vnstat = require ('vnstat-dumpdb') ();
 
// Get traffic per day
vnstat.getStats ('eth0', function (err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    return;
  }
 
  console.log (data.traffic.days);
});
 
// Read config setting
vnstat.getConfig (function (err, config) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    return;
  }
 
  console.log ('Interfaces updating every ' + config.UpdateInterval + ' minutes');
});

Installation

Make sure you have vnStat v1.13 or later.

npm install vnstat-dumpdb

Configuration

The module loads as a function to override the defaults:

setting type required default description
bin string no vnstat Path to vnstat binary
iface string no i.e. eth0 or false to list all

Callback & errors

Each method below takes a callback function which gets two arguments:

  • err - Instance of Error or null
  • data - Result object or not set when error
function myCallback (err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    console.log (err.stack);
    return;
  }
 
  console.log (data);
}

Errors

message description additional
no config Can't load config for getConfig err.details, err.error
invalid data Can't read stats for getStats err.details
invalid interface iface is invalid or not set up

getStats ( [iface], callback )

Get statistics for one, multiple or all interfaces.

  • One: vnstat.getStats ('eth0', callback)
  • All: vnstat.getStats (false, callback)
// Get traffic for interface en1
vnstat.getStats ('en1', console.log);
 
// Output
{ id: 'en1',
  nick: 'en1',
  created: { date: { year: 2012, month: 11, day: 21 } },
  updated:
   { date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 28 },
     time: { hour: 3, minute: 25 } },
  traffic:
   { total: { rx: 593576855, tx: 63746811 },
     days:
      [ { id: 0,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 28 },
          rx: 4083261,
          tx: 119674 },
        { id: 1,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 27 },
          rx: 2206367,
          tx: 52314 },
        ...
      ],
     months:
      [ { id: 0,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 10 },
          rx: 158176326,
          tx: 7740561 },
        { id: 1,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 9 },
          rx: 119230002,
          tx: 3394278 },
        ...
      ],
     tops:
      [ { id: 0,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 5 },
          time: { hour: 0, minute: 10 },
          rx: 22445455,
          tx: 601967 },
        { id: 1,
          date: { year: 2013, month: 9, day: 23 },
          time: { hour: 0, minute: 0 },
          rx: 20201102,
          tx: 461492 },
        ...
      ],
      hours: []
  }
}

getConfig ( callback )

Get vnStat configuration.

vnstat.getConfig (function (err, config) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    return;
  }
 
  console.log ('Interfaces updating every ' + config.UpdateInterval + ' seconds');
});

Unlicense

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Author

Franklin van de Meent | Website | Github

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