lua-nng

This is a simple binding of Nanomessage Next Generation to lua.

Installation

First you'll need a copy of nng

git clone https://github.com/nanomsg/nng
cd nng
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True
make && sudo make install

The easiest way to download lua-nng is with luarocks.

You can also clone this repository and build locally

git clone https://cogarr.net/source/cgit.cgi/lua-nng
cd lua-nng
sudo luarocks build

luarocks install --server=http://rocks.cogarr.net lua-nng

Example

local nng = require("nng")

local s1 = nng.pair1_open()
local s2 = nng.pair1_open()

s1:listen("ipc:///tmp/pair.ipc")
s2:dial("ipc:///tmp/pair.ipc")

s2:send("hello")
print(s1:recv()) --prints "hello"

For more examples, see spec/start_spec.lua