This is a datasource plugin to connect freeboard.io dashboards to real-time node.js servers.
- Subscribe to real-time events using WebSockets (Sockets.io)
- Listen for events from different servers
- Restrict events from only certain namespaces or rooms
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Place the file
/datasources/plugin_node.js
in yours freeboard.io plugins folder (freeboard-master/js/freeboard/plugins
). -
Edit your freeboard.io main HTML file and add the plugin to the header:
<script type="text/javascript">
head.js(
...
"js/freeboard/plugins/plugin_node.js",
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Follow the steps of the installation section to place the
/datasources/plugin_node.js
file in yours freeboard.io plugins folder (freeboard-master/js/freeboard/plugins
). -
You can run the sample node.js server (located at
/datasources/plugin_nodejs_sample/plugin_node_sample_server.js
) with this command:
node plugin_node_sample_server.js
- Place and open the sample freeboard.io dashboard (located at
/datasources/plugin_nodejs_sample/plugin_node_sample_client.html
) in yours freeboard.io root folder (freeboard-master/
).
To run the sample server make sure you have following dependencies installed:
In this screenshot, you can see the sample server and dashboard running with multiple clients receiving data in real-time.
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