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79 lines
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# NATS
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NATS is a lightweight messaging protocol perfect for your IoT/Robotics projects. It operates over TCP, offers a great number of features but an incredibly simple Pub Sub style model of communicating broadcast messages. NATS is blazingly fast as it is written in Go.
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This repository contains the Gobot adaptor/drivers to connect to NATS servers. It uses the NATS Go Client available at https://github.com/nats-io/nats. The NATS project is maintained by Nats.io and sponsored by Apcera. Find more information on setting up a NATS server and its capability at http://nats.io/.
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The NATS messaging protocol (http://www.nats.io/documentation/internals/nats-protocol-demo/) is really easy to work with and can be practiced by setting up a NATS server using Go or Docker. For information on setting up a server using the source code, visit https://github.com/nats-io/gnatsd. For information on the Docker image up on Docker Hub, see https://hub.docker.com/_/nats/. Getting the server set up is very easy. The server itself is Golang, can be built for different architectures and installs in a small footprint. This is an excellent way to get communications going between your IoT and Robotics projects.
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## How to Install
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Install running:
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```
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go get -d -u gobot.io/x/gobot/... && go install gobot.io/x/gobot/platforms/nats
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```
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## How to Use
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Before running the example, make sure you have an NATS server running somewhere you can connect to
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```go
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package main
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import (
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"fmt"
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"time"
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"gobot.io/x/gobot"
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"gobot.io/x/gobot/platforms/nats"
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)
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func main() {
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natsAdaptor := nats.NewNatsAdaptor("nats", "localhost:4222", 1234)
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work := func() {
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natsAdaptor.On("hello", func(data []byte) {
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fmt.Println("hello")
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})
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natsAdaptor.On("hola", func(data []byte) {
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fmt.Println("hola")
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})
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data := []byte("o")
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gobot.Every(1*time.Second, func() {
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natsAdaptor.Publish("hello", data)
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})
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gobot.Every(5*time.Second, func() {
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natsAdaptor.Publish("hola", data)
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})
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}
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robot := gobot.NewRobot("natsBot",
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[]gobot.Connection{natsAdaptor},
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work,
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)
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robot.Start()
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}
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```
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## Supported Features
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* Publish messages
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* Respond to incoming message events
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## Upcoming Features
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* Support for Username/password
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* Encoded messages (JSON)
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* Exposing more NATS Features (tls)
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* Simplified tests
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## Contributing
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For our contribution guidelines, please go to https://gobot.io/x/gobot/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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## License
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Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The Hybrid Group. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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