Cordova ZeroConf Plugin

This plugin allows you to browse and publish ZeroConf/Bonjour/mDNS services from applications developed using PhoneGap/Cordova 3.0 or newer.

This is not a background service. When the cordova view is destroyed/terminated, publish and watch operations are stopped.

CHANGELOG

Installation

In your application project directory:

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-zeroconf

Usage

var zeroconf = cordova.plugins.zeroconf;

For Android, you may want set the following options to speed discovery up:

zeroconf.registerAddressFamily = 'ipv4'; // or 'ipv6' ('any' by default)
zeroconf.watchAddressFamily = 'ipv4'; // or 'ipv6' ('any' by default)

getHostname(success, failure)

Returns this device's hostname.

zeroconf.getHostname(function success(hostname){
    console.log(hostname); // ipad-of-becvert.local.
});

register(type, domain, name, port, txtRecord, success, failure)

Publishes a new service.

zeroconf.register('_http._tcp.', 'local.', 'Becvert\'s iPad', 80, {
    'foo' : 'bar'
}, function success(result){
    var action = result.action; // 'registered'
    var service = result.service;
});

unregister(type, domain, name, success, failure)

Unregisters a service.

zeroconf.unregister('_http._tcp.', 'local.', 'Becvert\'s iPad');

stop(success, failure)

Unregisters all published services.

zeroconf.stop();

watch(type, domain, success, failure)

Starts watching for services of the specified type.

zeroconf.watch('_http._tcp.', 'local.', function(result) {
    var action = result.action;
    var service = result.service;
    if (action == 'added') {
        console.log('service added', service);
    } else if (action == 'resolved') {
        console.log('service resolved', service);
        /* service : {
        'domain' : 'local.',
        'type' : '_http._tcp.',
        'name': 'Becvert\'s iPad',
        'port' : 80,
        'hostname' : 'ipad-of-becvert.local',
        'ipv4Addresses' : [ '192.168.1.125' ], 
        'ipv6Addresses' : [ '2001:0:5ef5:79fb:10cb:1dbf:3f57:feb0' ],
        'txtRecord' : {
            'foo' : 'bar'
        } */
    } else {
        console.log('service removed', service);
    }
});

unwatch(type, domain, success, failure)

Stops watching for services of the specified type.

zeroconf.unwatch('_http._tcp.', 'local.')

close(success, failure)

Closes the service browser and stops watching.

zeroconf.close()

Credits

Android

It depends on the JmDNS library

iOS

Implements Apple's Bonjour

Licence

The MIT License