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rpc

A simple remote procedure call tool for Janet.

Server

(import spork/rpc)

(def functions
  @{:print (fn [self x] (print "remote print: " x))
    :add (fn [self & xs] (sum xs))})

(rpc/server functions "127.0.0.1" "9001")

Client

(import spork/rpc)

(def c (rpc/client "127.0.0.1" "9001" "joe"))

# Will print on server
(:print c "Hello from client!")

(:add c 1 3 5 7 9) # -> 25

# Close the underlying connection
(:close c)

Reference

rpc/client rpc/default-host rpc/default-port rpc/server

(client &opt host port name)

Create an RPC client. The default host is "127.0.0.1" and the default port is "9366". Returns a table of async functions that can be used to make remote calls. This table also contains a :close function that can be used to close the connection.

Default host to run server on and connect to.

Default port to run the net repl.

(server functions &opt host port workers-per-connection)

Create an RPC server. The default host is "127.0.0.1" and the default port is "9366". Also must take a dictionary of functions that clients can call.