Event RPC

Emit server events via HTTP and JSON RPC

Install

$ npm i --save @openovate/eventrpc

Usage

To use Event RPC, you will need to configure both the server and client.

Server

The following shows how to setup an HTTP server using Event RPC.

const eventrpc = require('@openovate/eventrpc');

//setup eventrpc
const events = eventrpc('/events');
events.on('api-call', (params) => { params.bar = 'foo' });

//setup server
const server = http.createServer(events);
server.listen(3000);

You can also separate the event listener and use it as a middleware like the following.

const eventrpc = require('@openovate/eventrpc');

//setup events
const emitter = eventrpc.EventEmitter();
emitter.on('api-call', (params) => { params.bar = 'foo' });

//setup eventrpc
const events = eventrpc('/events');
events.use(emitter);

//setup server
const server = http.createServer(events);
server.listen(3000);

It is possible to use Event RPC with Express like the following.

const express = require('express');
const eventrpc = require('@openovate/eventrpc');

//setup eventrpc
const events = eventrpc('/events');
events.on('api-call', (params) => { params.bar = 'foo' });

//setup express
const app = express();
app.use(events);

//setup server
const server = http.createServer(app);
server.listen(3000);

Client

The following shows how to quickly setup the client side.

<script type="text/javascript" src="/eventrpc/eventrpc.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
const emit = eventrpc('http://localhost:3000/events', { fetch });
//http event call
const results = await emit('api-call', { foo: 'bar'});
</script>

It is possible to require Event RPC using webpack like the following.

const eventrpc = require('eventrpc');