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node-port-scanner
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Scans ports to see if they are open or closed.
After calling nodePortScanner, ports are checked in order one after the previous is completed.
Multiple calls can be made and will run in parallel.
npm i node-port-scanner
npm run usage
const nodePortScanner = require('node-port-scanner');
// scan local common ports
nodePortScanner('127.0.0.1', [21, 22, 23, 25, 80, 110, 123, 443])
.then(results => {
console.log(results);
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
});
// scan remote common ports
nodePortScanner('github.com', [21, 22, 23, 25, 80, 110, 123, 443])
.then(results => {
console.log(results);
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
});
// scan all local ports - not recommended on remote hosts
async function checkLocalPorts () {
const allPorts = nodePortScanner('127.0.0.1', []);
console.log(await allPorts);
}
checkLocalPorts();
{
host: 'github.com',
ports: {
open: [ 22, 80, 443 ],
closed: [ 21, 23, 25, 110, 123 ]
}
}
npm test
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The npm package node-port-scanner receives a total of 133 weekly downloads. As such, node-port-scanner popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that node-port-scanner demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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