tjhorner / node-makerbot-rpc

🔌 MakerBot JSON-RPC Library for Node.js

MakerBot JSON-RPC Library for Node.js

THIS LIBRARY GRADUATED TO 1.0.0!

With every new feature comes breaking changes. See here for more info.

This library acts as an abstraction layer for the JSON-RPC methods that MakerBot 3D printers use. At the moment, it supports doing the following:

• Authentication. You can authenticate with a Thingiverse OAuth token or locally by pressing on the knob.
• Remote control. Control a printer remotely with a Thingiverse token and the printer's ID.
• Get realtime camera stream (experimental). Get the realtime camera stream out of the printer.
• Get realtime printer status. You can get the real-time status of the printer (what it's doing, info about the extruder, and much more).
• Load/unload filament. You can instruct your printer to start the filament loading/unloading process.
• Cancel current process. You can instruct your printer to cancel the current process (unloading/loading filament, printing, assisted calibration, etc.)
• Print a file. You can instruct your printer to print a .makerbot file remotely.

Projects using this library

• MakerBot WebUI

Example

const MakerbotRpc = require('makerbot-rpc')
const fs = require('fs')

var printer = new MakerbotRpc({
  authMethod: "reflector",
  accessToken: "thingiverseAccessToken",
  printerId: "yourPrinterId"
})

printer.on("connected", printerInfo => {
  console.log(`Connected to ${printerInfo.machine_name}, attempting authentication`)
})

printer.on("connect-error", err => {
  console.log("error connecting!", err)
})

printer.on("auth-push-knob", () => {
  console.log("To finish authentication, press the knob on your printer.")
})

printer.on("authenticated", res => {
  console.log("Authenticated!")
  printer.startCameraStream()
})

printer.on("camera-frame", frame => {
  printer.endCameraStream()
  fs.writeFile("testimg/test.jpg", frame, () => { })
})

printer.on("state", notif => {
  console.log(printer.state)
})