var localcast = require('localcast')
var cast = localcast()

cast.on('hello', function (data) {
  console.log('hello', data)
})

cast.emit('hello', 'world')

Then try running the example in a terminal.

# in one terminal
$ node example.js

Running the above should print out hello world and keep the process running.

Then try running opening a new terminal and run the example again.

# in a new terminal
$ node example.js

Both the new and old terminal should print out hello world.

Now try browserifying the example

browserify example.js > bundle.js
echo '<html><body><script src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>' > example.html

Open example.html in a browser. Now both the browser and the two previous terminals should print out hello world!

API

`var cast = localcast([name])`

Create a new localcast event emitter.

Optionally you can give it a name if you are running multiple and want them to avoid clashing.

`cast.on('localcast', peer)`

Whenever you are connected to another localcast instance a special localcast event is emitted with an object describing the other instance.

cast.on('localcast', function (peer) {
  console.log('we are connected to another instance', peer)
})

If the other peer is a browser the peer looks like this

{
  type: 'browser',
  localhost: urlOfWebsite
}

If the other peer is a node process it looks like this

{
  type: 'node',
  pid: pid
}

License

MIT

FAQs

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Package last updated on 09 Mar 2017

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localcast

localcast

Usage

API

var cast = localcast([name])

cast.on('localcast', peer)

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`var cast = localcast([name])`

`cast.on('localcast', peer)`