portastic

Pure javascript swiss knife for port management. Find open ports, monitor ports and other port relates things.

API

• portastic.test(port, [interface , [callback]])

Test if a port is open. If a callback is provided it will be called with an error parameter and a second parameter with a boolean that tells if the port is open or not. If a callback is not provided the return value will be a promise that will be fullfied with the result.

varportastic=require('portastic');portastic.test(8080).then(function(isOpen){console.log('Port 8080 is %s',isOpen ? 'open' : 'closed');});

• portastic.find(options, [interface, [callback]])

Retrieve a list of open ports between min and max, if a callback is not provided this method will resolve a promise with the results. Options can be:

• min The minimum port number to start with
• max The maximum port number to scan
• retrieve How many ports to collect

varportastic=require('portastic');portastic.find({min: 8000,max: 8080}).then(function(ports){console.log('Ports available between 8000 and 8080 are: %s',ports.join(', '));});

• portastic.filter(ports..., [interface, [callback]])

Test a list of ports and return the open ones. If a callback is not provided this method will resolve a promise with the results

varportastic=require('portastic');portastic.filter([8080,8081,8082]).then(function(ports){console.log('The available ports are: %s',ports.join(', '));});

• portastic.Monitor(ports...)

Monitor is an EventEmitter that emits open when a monitored port is available and close when the port has closed.

varportastic=require('portastic');varmonitor=newportastic.Monitor([8080,8081,8082]);monitor.on('open',function(port){console.log('Port %s is open',port);});monitor.on('close',function(port){console.log('Port %s is closed',port);});setTimeout(function(){monitor.stop();// Stops the monitoring after 5 seconds},5000);

Command line

It's also possible to use portastic as a command line utility, you just need to install it globally with npm install -g portastic. Here is the help command output.

Usage: portastic [options] [command]
Commands:
test|t <port> Test if a port is closed or open
find|f [options] <min> <max> Find ports that are available to use
filter|i <ports...> Find ports that are open whithin a list of ports
monitor|m <ports...> Monitor a list of ports and logs to the terminal when port state had changed
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number

Testing

git clone git@github.com:alanhoff/node-portastic.git
cd node-portastic
npm install && npm test

Debugging

To see debug messages you must set your enviroment variable DEBUG to * or portastic:*, example:

DEBUG=portastic:\* npm test

License (ISC)

Copyright (c) 2015, Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeister@gmail.com>
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