@homebridge/ciao

ciao

ciao is a RFC 6763 and compliant dns-sd library, advertised on multicast dns (RFC 6762).

It is used in HAP-NodeJS and is the successor of the bonjour-hap library, aiming to be more robust, more maintainable and RFC compliant.

ciao features a multicast dns responder to publish service on the local network. It will gain browser functionality in the future to also discover existing services on the local network.

The library is currently still under heavy development.

Installation

npm install @homebridge/ciao

Usage

const ciao = require("@homebridge/ciao");


const responder = ciao.createResponder();
responder.start(); // this step will not be needed in the future

// advertise an HTTP server on port 3000
responder.advertiseService({ // method returns a Promise, so you can wait until it is published
    name: 'My Web Server',
    type: 'http',
    port: 3000,
});