ac-noderpc

A simple, fast RPC for Node.JS

Install

npm install ac-noderpc

Server

Create RPC server:

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_server = new noderpc.ServerRPC();

Methods:

• publish([name,] function) - Publish a function to be exposed over RPC.

• run(opt) - Run RPC server.

    opt {
    	type    :   'tcp',
    	host	:   '0.0.0.0',
    	port    :   12345,
    	auth    :   'your password'
    }
  

Full example:

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_server = new noderpc.ServerRPC();

function sum() {
	var ret = arguments[0];     /* first argument is return callback. */
    var s = 0;
    for ( var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
        s += arguments[i];
    }

    ret(s);
};
rpc_server.publish(sum);

function test(ret) {
	console.log('Just test, no return.');
	ret(null);		/* return callback is required otherwise client will receive a timeout error.  */
};
rpc_server.publish(test);

rpc_server.publish('add', function(ret, a, b) {
    ret(a + b);
});

rpc_server.publish('getobj', function(ret) {
    ret({
        a : 'abc',
        d : 'cde',
        c : [1, 2, 3]
    }, 4, 5, 6);
});

rpc_server.run({
    type    :   'tcp',
    port    :   12345,
    auth    :   'abcdef'
});

Client

Create RPC client

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_client = new noderpc.ClientRPC();

Events:

• error - When an error occurs.
• connected - When the socket has connected to the RPC server.
• disconnected - When disconnected from the server.
• ready - When all the remote functions has been loaded.

Properties:

• event - The event listener.
• timeout - The timeout for RPC wait. default: 5000

Methods:

• tryConnect(opt) - Try to connect to the RPC server, it will automatically reconnect to the RPC server when the RPC server is unavailable.

    opt {
    		type    :   'tcp',
    		host	:   '0.0.0.0',
    		port    :   12345,
    		auth    :   'your password'
    }
  

Full example:

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_client = new noderpc.ClientRPC();

rpc_client.event.on('error', function(err) {
    console.log(err);
});
rpc_client.event.on('connected', function() {
    console.log('connected');
});
rpc_client.event.on('disconnected', function() {
    console.log('disconnected');
});
rpc_client.event.on('ready', function() {
    rpc_client.sum(function(err, result) {
        if ( err ) {
            console.log(err);
        } else {
            console.log(result);
        }
    }, 1, 2, 3, 4);

	rpc_client.test(function(err, result) {
        console.log('test: ' + err);
        console.log('test: ' + result);
    });	

    rpc_client.add(function(err, result) {
        if ( err ) {
            console.log(err);
        } else {
            console.log(result);
        }
    }, 5, 7);

	rpc_client.getobj(function(err, obj, a, b, c) {
        console.log('getobj: ' + err);
        console.log('getobj: ' + JSON.stringify(obj));
        console.log('getobj: ' + a + ', ' + b + ', ' + c);
    });

});

rpc_client.tryConnect({
    type    :   'tcp',
    host    :   '127.0.0.1',
    port    :   12345,
    auth    :   'abcdef'
});

Proxy

Create RPC Proxy

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_proxy = new noderpc.ProxyRPC();

Events:

• proxy_valid - When one of the client has connected to the RPC server.
• proxy_invalid - When all of the client has disconnected from the server.
• error - When an error occurs.
• connected - When the client has connected to the RPC server.
• disconnected - When the client has disconnected from the server.
• ready - When the client has ready.

Properties:

• event - The event listener.

Methods:

• addHost(opt) - Add RPC host to the proxy.

•   opt {
    		type    :   'tcp',
    		host	:   '0.0.0.0',
    		port    :   12345,
    		auth    :   'your password',
    		priority : 1
    }
  

• isValid() - Check the proxy is valid.

Full example:

var noderpc = require('ac-noderpc')
var rpc_proxy = new noderpc.ProxyRPC();

rpc_proxy.event.on('proxy_valid', function() {
    console.log('Proxy Valid.');

    rpc_proxy.sum(function(err, result) {
        if ( err ) {
            console.log(err);
        } else {
            console.log(result);
        }
    }, 1, 2, 3);
});

rpc_proxy.event.on('proxy_invalid', function() {
    console.log('Proxy Invalid.');
});

rpc_proxy.event.on('error', function(err, client) {
    console.log('Error: ' + err);
});

rpc_proxy.addHost({
    type    :   'tcp',
    host    :   '127.0.0.1',
    port    :   12345,
    auth    :   'abcdef',
    priority : 1
});
rpc_proxy.addHost({
    type    :   'tcp',
    host    :   '127.0.0.1',
    port    :   12345,
    auth    :   'abcdef',
    priority : 1
});

Todo

• Benchmark
• Transport - Redis
• Transport - UDP