nfc-daemon

node-nfc-daemon

Simple Node.js daemon which reads NFC tags and exposes a WebSocket with the information.

Installation

Via Git

git clone https://github.com/DanielHuisman/node-nfc-daemon.git`
cd node-nfc-daemon
yarn

Via npm

yarn global add nfc-daemon

Usage

Basic usage

NFC Daemon
  Simple Node.js daemon which reads NFC tags and exposes a WebSocket with the information.

Options
  -H, --help             Display usage information.
  -v, --version          Display version information.
  -d, --daemon           Run as daemon (background).
  -h, --host string      The host to bind the WebSocket server to (by default 127.0.0.1).
  -p, --port number      The port to bind the WebSocket server to (by default 5000).
  -t, --timeout number   Timeout in milliseconds between reading NFC tags (by default 5 seconds).
  -V, --verbose          Verbose logging (i.e. print all read NFC tags).

Daemon

Use the --daemon or -d option to run this application in the background as a daemon.

Process managers

Alternatively you can use a process manager, like PM2 or Forever, to start and monitor this application.