Simple Cast

simplified api for quickly sending files to chromecast.

Usage

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';
simpleCast.init()
simpleCast.send('http://url/of/file');

API

currentDuration

currentDuration(): Promise<number>
returns a promise that resolves to the duration of the currently casting file.

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';
simpleCast.currentDuration();

currentFile

currentFile(): Promise<string>
returns a promise that resolves to the currently casting file.

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';
simpleCast.currentFile();

send

send(file: string, fromTime?: number, subtitleFile?: string, queue?: boolean): Promise<void>

sends a file from the beginning or specified time.

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.send('http://url/of/file'); // sends file from the beginning
simpleCast.send('http://url/of/file', 100); // sends file from 100 seconds

pause

pause(): Promise<void>
pause playback

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.pause(); // resume playing current file

play

play(): Promise<void>
resume playback

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.play(); // resume playing current file

seek

seek(position: number): Promise<void>
seek in current file

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.seek(100); // seek in file to 100 seconds

stop

stop(): Promise<void> stop casting the current file

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.stop();

setSubtitleActive

setSubtitleActive(active: boolean): Promise<void> turn on or off the subtitls (currently only supports .vtt format that is in the same location and has the same name as the current file)

example:

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.setSubtitleActive(true); // turn on subtitles

Events

simple-cast is also an eventemitter.

import simpleCast from 'simple-cast';

simpleCast.on('PLAY', function() {
    // code to run on start of media playing.
});

PLAYING

data: boolean
emitted when media starts playing or is paused. Data is true when playing, false when paused.

PROGRESS

data: number
emitted when current position in media changes. Passed the current position.

DURATION

data: number
emitted when the duration of the current media changes

FINISHED

data: string
emitted when media finishes playing (not stopped or paused). Passed the file

CURRENT_FILE

data: string
emitted when media changes.

SUBTITLES_ON

data: boolean
emitted when subtitles are turned on or off. Data true when subtitles are on, and false when off