datasift

DataSift consumer for NodeJS

This library gives easy access to the real-time data coming from one or more DataSift streams.

It connects to the DataSift streaming API, and emits all data received. It can also handle multiple stream simultaneously.

Prerequesites

• You have some experience of NodeJS
• You have a DataSift account (username and API key) available from http://datasift.com

Install

• Using npm npm install datasift
• Download datasift.js and add it to your project require('/path/to/datasift.js');

Use

• See the example.js script for how to use the library

Changelog

0.3.1 - 8th Feb 2013

• Increase socket activity check timeout to 65 seconds to ensure we don't get disconnected early

0.3.0 - 6th Feb 2013

• Disconnect method destroys socket
• Added a timer to disconnect if there has been no activity on the socket for 35 seconds