toxcore

node-toxcore

Node.js bindings for libtoxcore, built off of node-ffi.

Note: Installing this package does not install libtoxcore. It is expected that libtoxcore is installed prior to using node-toxcore.

New API Progress

• toxcore
• toxav
• toxdns
• toxencryptsave
• tox_old.h (old groupchats)
• Higher level API

Synchronous Example

var toxcore = require('toxcore');
 
// Create a default Tox instance
var tox = new toxcore.Tox();
 
// ... or, create a Tox instance using specific paths for toxcore libraries
var toxAtPath = new toxcore.Tox({
  path: '/path/to/libtoxcore.so',
  crypto: '/path/to/libtoxencryptsave.so'
});
 
// ... or, give Tox some data to load
var toxWithData = new toxcore.Tox({
  data: '/path/to/toxfile'
});
 
// ... if that data is encrypted, include a passphrase
var toxWithEncData = new toxcore.Tox({
  data: '/path/to/encrypted/toxfile',
  pass: 'myPassphrase'
});
 
// Bootstrap from nodes (see a list at: https://wiki.tox.im/Nodes)
tox.bootstrapSync('23.226.230.47', 33445, 'A09162D68618E742FFBCA1C2C70385E6679604B2D80EA6E84AD0996A1AC8A074'); // stal
tox.bootstrapSync('104.219.184.206', 443, '8CD087E31C67568103E8C2A28653337E90E6B8EDA0D765D57C6B5172B4F1F04C'); // Jfreegman
 
// Set your name and status message
tox.setNameSync('My username');
tox.setStatusMessageSync('Hello world!');
 
// Listen for friend requests
tox.on('friendRequest', function(e) {
  console.log('Friend request from: ' + e.publicKeyHex());
});
 
// Print received friend messages to console
tox.on('friendMessage', function(e) {
  var friendName = tox.getFriendNameSync(e.friend());
  console.log(friendName + ': ' + e.message());
});
 
// Print out your tox address so others can add it
console.log('Address: ' + tox.getAddressHexSync());
 
// Start!
tox.start();

For more examples, see the examples/ directory.

Documentation

Generating the documentation should be as easy as grunt jsdoc.