BenjaminDobler / udp-service-discovery

udp-service-discovery

Broadcasts Services via UDP (default every 250ms via port 12345) and listens to them on the client. If listenOnce(servicename) is used, the listening port will be unbound upon recieving a matching service. Client automatically tries to rebind if port is in use, so multiple instances can easyly run on the same host (they will bind one after another).

Example

Server:

var udpDSCV = require('./../index.js')({port: 8000});

// broadcasts name: 'my-server', ip: null (filled in by library), port: 4321, additional key/value {"protocol": "tcp"}
udpDSCV.broadcast('my-server', null, 4321, {"protocol": "tcp", "other": 42});

Client:

var udpDSCV = require('./../index.js')({port: 8000});

udpDSCV.listenOnce('my-server');

udpDSCV.on('discovery', function (service) {
    // you would try to connect your client to service.host : service.port
    console.log(service);
});