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hookio-IDST.md

What is a hook?

  • A hook is a node.js process

  • A hook can have many outputs ( servers ) and inputs ( client connections ) to other hooks

  • The previous line is NOT a typo

  • outputs =  servers ( who push messages out )

  • inputs   =  clients   ( who take messages in )

  • inputs and outputs are independent channels and are both bi-directional

  • hook inputs ALWAYS re-broadcast to it's outputs immediate inputs ( siblings )

  • a hook CANNOT hear messages emitted from it's own input ( no circular messages )

  • hook inputs MAY be re-broadcasted to the same hooks immediate outputs ( children )

  • a hook MAY auto-detect if it should be an input or an output on startup

  • a hook MAY auto-detect which port it should listen on or connect to

( RFC and IDST pending )

http://github.com/marak/hook.io

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