#node-ipc a nodejs module for local and remote Inter Process Communication

npm install node-ipc

this is a new project so more documentation will come

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Types of IPC Sockets

1. Local IPC Uses Unix Sockets to give lightning fast communication and avoid the network card to reduce overhead and latency.
2. IPC over TCP Uses TCP Sockets to give the most reliable communication across the network. Can be used for local IPC as well, but is slower than #1's Unix Socket Implementation because TCP sockets go through the network card while Unix Sockets do not.
3. Remote IPC over TLS coming soon...
4. Remote IPC over UDP coming soon...

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Basic Server Example

The server is the process keeping a socket for IPC open. Multiple sockets can connect to this server and talk to it. It can also broadcast to all clients or emit to a specific client.

var ipc=require('node-ipc');

ipc.config.id   = 'world';
ipc.config.retry= 1500;

ipc.serve(
    function(){
        ipc.server.on(
            'message',
            function(data,socket){
                ipc.log('got a message : '.debug, data);
                socket.emit(
                    'message',
                    data+' world!'
                );
            }
        );
    }
);

ipc.server.start();

Basic Client Example

The client connects to the servers socket for Inter Process Communication. The socket will recieve events emitted to it specifically as well as events which are broadcast out on the socket by the server.

var ipc=require('../../../node-ipc');

ipc.config.id   = 'hello';
ipc.config.retry= 1500;

ipc.connectTo(
    'world',
    function(){
        ipc.of.world.on(
            'connect',
            function(){
                ipc.log('## connected to world ##'.rainbow, ipc.config.delay);
                ipc.of.world.emit(
                    'message',
                    'hello'
                )
            }
        );
        ipc.of.world.on(
            'disconnect',
            function(){
                ipc.log('disconnected from world'.notice);
            }
        );
        ipc.of.world.on(
            'message',
            function(data){
                ipc.log('got a message from world : '.debug, data);
            }
        );
    }
);

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Customizing server and client

Documentation coming soon.