device-discovery

Discover devices on your local network.

Installation

npm install device-discovery

Quickstart

 
const discovery = require('device-discovery')
    ({ type: 'ICMP', iface: 'WiFi' })
 
discovery.on('device', console.log)
    // => 192.168.0.20
    //    192.168.0.31
    //    ...
 
discovery.on('done', () =>
    console.log('Done!'))
 

API

require('device-discovery')(options)

• options <Object>
  • type <String>: default = ICMP; the protocol used for device discovery, one of ICMP or TCP
  • iface <String>: default = WiFi; the interface on which to scan for devices
  • start <Number>: default = 2; the start of the range of hosts to be scanned
  • end <Number>: default = 254; the end of the range of hosts to be scanned
  • port <Number>: default = 1; the port to be scanned (TCP only)
  • timeout <Number>: default = 3000; the timeout after which the scan of a host will be considered a miss
  • retries <Number>: default = 0; the number of retries for pinging a host (ICMP only)
  • excludeSelf <Boolean>: default = true; whether to exclude the device the discovery is run on
• throws an <Error> if the interface cannot be found or the type is unknown
• returns an <EventEmitter> with the following events:
  • device => <String>: the IPv4 address of the device found
  • done => (): if the discovery is done

License

WTFPL – Do What the F*ck You Want to Public License.

Made with ❤️ by @MarkTiedemann.