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# multicast-dns
Low level multicast-dns implementation in pure javascript
```npm install multicast-dns```
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## Usage
``` jsvar mdns = require('multicast-dns')()
mdns.on('response', function(response) { console.log('got a response packet:', response)})
mdns.on('query', function(query) { console.log('got a query packet:', query)})
// lets query for an A record for 'brunhilde.local'mdns.query({ questions:[{ name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A' }]})```
Running the above (change `brunhilde.local` to `your-own-hostname.local`) will print an echo of the query packet first
``` jsgot a query packet: { type: 'query', questions: [ { name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A', class: 1 } ], answers: [], authorities: [], additionals: [] }```
And then a response packet
``` jsgot a response packet: { type: 'response', questions: [], answers: [ { name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A', class: 'IN', ttl: 120, flush: true, data: '192.168.1.5' } ], authorities: [], additionals: [ { name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A', class: 'IN', ttl: 120, flush: true, data: '192.168.1.5' }, { name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'AAAA', class: 'IN', ttl: 120, flush: true, data: 'fe80::5ef9:38ff:fe8c:ceaa' } ] }```
# CLI
```npm install -g multicast-dns```
```multicast-dns brunhilde.local> 192.168.1.1
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# API
A packet has the following format
``` js{ questions: [{ name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A' }], answers: [{ name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A', ttl: seconds, data: (record type specific data) }], additionals: [ (same format as answers) ], authorities: [ (same format as answers) ]}```
Currently data from `SRV`, `A`, `PTR`, `TXT`, `AAAA` and `HINFO` records is passed
#### `mdns = multicastdns([options])`
Creates a new `mdns` instance. Options can contain the following
``` js{ multicast: true // use udp multicasting interface: '192.168.0.2' // explicitly specify a network interface. defaults to all port: 5353, // set the udp port ip: '224.0.0.251', // set the udp ip ttl: 255, // set the multicast ttl loopback: true, // receive your own packets reuseAddr: true // set the reuseAddr option when creating the socket (requires node >=0.11.13)}```
#### `mdns.on('query', (packet, rinfo))`
Emitted when a query packet is received.
``` jsmdns.on('query', function(query) { if (query.questions[0] && query.questions[0].name === 'brunhilde.local') { mdns.respond(someResponse) // see below }})```
#### `mdns.on('response', (packet, rinfo))`
Emitted when a response packet is received.
The response might not be a response to a query you send as thisis the result of someone multicasting a response.
#### `mdns.query(packet, [cb])`
Send a dns query. The callback will be called when the packet was sent.
The following shorthands are equivalent
``` jsmdns.query('brunhilde.local', 'A')mdns.query([{name:'brunhilde.local', type:'A'}])mdns.query({ questions: [{name:'brunhilde.local', type:'A'}]})```
#### `mdns.respond(packet, [cb])`
Send a dns response. The callback will be called when the packet was sent.
``` js// reply with a SRV and a A record as an answermdns.respond({ answers: [{ name: 'my-service', type: 'SRV', data: { port: 9999, weight: 0, priority: 10, target: 'my-service.example.com' } }, { name: 'brunhilde.local', type: 'A', ttl: 300, data: '192.168.1.5' }]})```
The following shorthands are equivalent
``` jsmdns.respond([{name:'brunhilde.local', type:'A', data:'192.158.1.5'}])mdns.respond({ answers: [{name:'brunhilde.local', type:'A', data:'192.158.1.5'}]})```
#### `mdns.destroy()`
Destroy the mdns instance. Closes the udp socket.
# Development
To start hacking on this module you can use this example to get started
```git clone git://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns.gitnpm installnode example.jsnode cli.js $(hostname).local```
## License
MIT
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