chains-amqp

Chains AMQP

SUMMARY

This package is an abstract class for Chains NodeJS-devices. It requires node-amqp. The class connects to RabbitMQ and emits events based on actions being trigged in Chains. It also handles heart beats.

INSTALLING

npm install chains-amqp

Or put this in your package.json

"dependencies": {
    "chains-amqp": "*"
}

USAGE

If you are going to create a new Chains-device. You can do it like this:

Example one

var amqp = require('chains-amqp').connect({deviceName: 'xcomfort'});

amqp.on('on', function(deviceId, actionId) {
    var light = lights.findWhere({serial: deviceId});
    
    if (light) {
        light.set('isOn', true);
    
        amqp.sendResponse('on', actionId);
    }
});

Example two

var amqp = require('chains-amqp').connect({deviceName: 'xcomfort'});

amqp.on('describe', function(deviceId, actionId) {
    var events = [
        [ 'xcomfort-on', {
            'key': ['str', null, 'Event trigger'],
            'value': ['int', null, 'Light ID']
            }, 'Action to turn on a single device. Needs value to be a ID of a device']
        ];
    
    var actions = [
        [ 'action_on', {
            'key': ['str', null, 'device Id'],
            'value': ['int', null, 'Light ID']
            }, 'Action to turn on a single device. Needs value to be a ID of a device'],

        [ 'action_off', {
            'key': ['str', null, 'device Id'],
            'value': ['int', null, 'Light ID']
            }, 'Action to turn on a single device. Needs value to be a ID of a device']
    ];
    
    amqp.sendResponse('describe', actionId, {
        'info': 'Controll XComfort-devices. Lights etc',
        'actions': actions,
        'events': events
    });
});

LICENSE

MIT, see the LICENSE file