Teade

IPC(Inter Process Communication) package using RPC over HTTP.

Note:

If you use node < 4.0 then stick to version 0.0.6.

To install run npm i -s [email protected].

This version is completely stable but if you need some additional features from the latest version, raise an issue on github.

Why do you need it?

You probably need this for communicating with different microservices in a microservice architecture.

The most trusted and tested protocol is HTTP and this package uses HTTP to create a Client-Server connection so it can call remote procedures in a reliable manner.

Features

• Reliability as it uses the HTTP protocol.
• Few Dependencies.
• Can be used over HTTPS if required.
• Scalable - Use with an internal load balancer or let teade chose a random port.

TODO

Go Cross Platform, we are working on the go and .netcore versions of this package. Once done you can connect your servers and clients written in different languages.

If you need it in some other language or want us to speed up the process, then raise an issue on github and help us test.

Other requests for features, please raise an issue on github.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm install --save teade

Usage

Require library

const teade = require('teade');

Server

let server = new teade.Server();

server.addService({
	'readRPC': read
});

function read(call, callback) {
	myReadProceduralCall(call, function(err, response) {
		if (err){
			var error = new Error();
			// anything attached to error is sent as is
			callback(error);
		}else{
			callback(null, response);
		}
	});
};

server.bind(8080);
server.start();

Client

let client = new teade.Client('http://localhost', 8080);

// payload should always be a valid JSON
let payload = {
  name: "John"
}

client.request('readRPC', payload, function(err, response) {
	if (err) {
		// handle error
		// accessible data
			// err
	} else {
		//do something with the response
		// accessible data
			// response
	}
})

Client Parameters

Name	Description	Example
Host	hostname where the RPC server is running, prefix the protocol	http://localhost
Port	port at which the RPC server is running	8080
Host-Port Set	an array of host:port strings, Teade will then chose a random entry.	[ "http://localhost:8080", "http://localhost:8081" ]

Example

see the test directory for now.