@brainstack/hub

@brainstack/hub

Description

The @brainstack/hub package is a powerful event hub that allows you to manage and handle events in your application. It provides a simple and flexible API for subscribing to events and triggering event handlers.

Features

• Subscribe to events using string names or regular expressions.
• Execute callback functions when events are emitted.
• Remove event handlers from subscribed events.
• Prevent event duplication to avoid unnecessary processing.
• Support for custom options such as event source and logging.

Getting Started

Install

You can install the package using npm or yarn:

npm install @brainstack/hub

or

yarn add @brainstack/hub

Run

To start using the @brainstack/hub package, follow these steps:

1. Import the createEventHub function from the package:

import { createEventHub } from '@brainstack/hub';

1. Create an instance of the event hub:

const eventHub = createEventHub();

1. Subscribe to events using the on method:

const unsubscribe = eventHub.on('eventName', (payload) => {
  // Handle the event here
});

// You can unsubscribe from the event later
unsubscribe();

1. Emit events using the emit method:

eventHub.emit('eventName', { /* payload data */ });

Use Case Walkthrough

Use Case 1: User Registration

1. Subscribe to the 'user.registered' event and handle it by sending a welcome email to the user.
2. Emit the 'user.registered' event when a new user registers in your application.

Use Case 2: Data Processing

1. Subscribe to all events matching the regular expression /data\..*/ to process incoming data.
2. Emit specific events such as 'data.created', 'data.updated', and 'data.deleted' when data operations occur.

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For more details and advanced usage, please refer to the package documentation.