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@rsksmart/rif-communications-pubsub
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Library for creating a PubSub room with libp2p
This project extends the ipfs-pubsub-room, rewriting it in typescript and adding libp2p node.
> npm install @rsksmart/rif-communications-pubsub
WARNING: This package still have not been released!
Example of usage:
import { Room, DirectChat, createLibP2P, Message, MessageDirect } from '@rsksmart/rif-communications-pubsub'
const libp2p = await createLibP2P()
const room = createRoom(libp2p, 'my_topic')
room.on('peer:joined', (peer: string) => {
console.log('Peer joined the room ', peer)
})
room.on('peer:left', (peer: string) => {
console.log('Peer left the room', peer)
})
room.on('message', ({from, data}: Message) => {
console.log('New message from ', peer, ' content ', data)
})
room.on('unsubscribed', () => {
console.log('Unsubscribed from the room room')
})
const directChat = DirectChat.getDirectChat(libp2p)
directChat.on('message', ({from, to, data}: MessageDirect) => {
console.log('New direct message from ', peer, ' to ', to, ' content ', data)
})
const libp2p = await createLibP2P()
const room = createRoom(libp2p, topic) // Creates room with specific topic
// Methods
room.leave() // Leave the room
async room.broadcast(message: string | buffer) // Send message to the room
// Getters
room.peerId
room.peers
room.hasPeer(peerId: string)
room.libp2p
// Listeners
room.on('peer:joined', (peerId: string) => {})
room.on('peer:left', (peerId: string) => {})
room.on('message', (message: Message) => {})
room.on('unsubscribed', () => {})
room.on('error', (error: Error) => {})
const directChat = DirectChat.getDirectChat(libp2p)
// Methods
directChat.sendTo('somePeerId', {level: 'info', msg: 'hello world with custom object'})
// Listeners
directChat.on('message', (message: MessageDirect) => {})
directChat.on('error', (error: Error) => {})
FAQs
PubSub module
We found that @rsksmart/rif-communications-pubsub demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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