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[Taragorm]

Hi, I'm in the process of writng a NodeJs project that will talk to IOBroker.

According to npm:

@iobroker/socket-client@1.1.14

when I try to create a connection, I get:

ReferenceError: window is not defined
    at P:\Projects\Vue\logik\logik-backend\node_modules\@iobroker\socket-client\dist\cjs\Connection.js:123:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Connection.waitForSocketLib (P:\Projects\Vue\logik\logik-backend\node_modules\@iobroker\socket-client\dist\cjs\Connection.js:122:34)
    at new Connection (P:\Projects\Vue\logik\logik-backend\node_modules\@iobroker\socket-client\dist\cjs\Connection.js:87:10)

As I understand it, this happens because "window" is not defined in NodeJS projects [I am by no means an expert JS programmer, btw]

So.

Is this the right library for the job?
Does it in fact support Node?
Am I missing some bit of initialisation to create a suitable "window" object under node.

Hints appreciated.

[AlCalzone]

@taragorm That library is meant for the browser.

[Taragorm]

@alcalzone That was my assumption.

Is there a NodeJs version?

I can always use the basic REST interface, but it wouldn't be my first choice here...

[Bluefox]

@taragorm if you will use normal "ws" library for node.js, it will be possible to communicate with ioBroker. But ioBroker.rest-api is very advanced and supports long polling and web hooks for events.

[Taragorm]

@bluefox So you suggest the REST interface? - I'll go with that then. The app will likely be running on the same machine as ioBroker, anyhow.

[Taragorm]

@bluefox The API seems straightforwards enough; a couple of questions though:

• How do I unsubscribe? - I didn't see a command for that
• Can I do a "Bulk" subscribe - i.e. ask for a list of states?