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This is a client for rockets/rockets.

Demo

See rockets/demo.

Installation

1npm install rockets

Usage

1var Rockets = require('rockets');
2
3var client = new Rockets();
4
5// Register events on the client.
6client.on('connect', function() {
7
8  var include = {
9
10    // Only receive comments in r/programming.
11    subreddit: 'programming',
12
13    // Only receive comments that contain the pattern 'rockets'.
14    contains: [
15      'rockets',
16    ]
17  };
18
19  var exclude = {
20
21    // Skip comments that contain the word "hack".
22    contains: [
23      'hack',
24    ]
25  };
26
27  // Subscribe to the 'comments' channel.
28  client.subscribe('comments', include, exclude);
29});
30
31client.on('comment', function(comment) {
32  // Do something using the comment data.
33});
34
35// Initiate the client's socket connection.
36client.connect();

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Events

Events can be registered with client.on('event', handler).

Event	Arguments	Description
connect		Connection to the server has been established
disconnect		Connection to the server has been lost
error	error	Error has occurred
model	model	Received model, either post or comment
comment	model	Received a comment
post	model	Received a post

Functions

Name	Arguments	Description
subscribe	channel, [include [, exclude]]	Subscribes to a channel, with optional include and exclude rules
available		Returns true if the socket connection is open
close		Close the connection to the server

Credits

Illustrations by Ken Samonte.