fvdm/nodejs-vnstat-dumpdb
Node.js wrapper for vnStat --dumpdb, with error handling and the same output structure on each system
vnstat-dumpdb
Get network traffic statistics from vnStat.
Example
Callback style
const vnstat = require( 'vnstat-dumpdb' )();
// Get traffic per day
vnstat.getStats( 'eth0', ( err, data ) => {
if ( err ) {
console.log( err );
return;
}
console.log( data.traffic.days );
} );
// Read config setting
vnstat.getConfig( ( err, config ) => {
if ( err ) {
console.log( err );
return;
}
console.log( `Interfaces updating every ${config.UpdateInterval} minutes` );
} );Promise style
const vnstat = require( 'vnstat-dumpdb' )();
// Get traffic per day with async/await
async function getTraffic () {
try {
const data = await vnstat.getStats( 'eth0' );
console.log( data.traffic.days );
const config = await vnstat.getConfig();
console.log( `Interfaces updating every ${config.UpdateInterval} minutes` );
}
catch ( err ) {
console.log( err );
}
}
getTraffic();Installation
Make sure you have vnStat v1.13 or later.
npm install vnstat-dumpdb
Configuration
The module loads as a function to override the defaults:
| setting | type | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| [bin] | string | vnstat | Path to vnstat binary |
| [iface] | string | false |
i.e. eth0 or false to list all |
Callback & errors
Each method supports both callback and Promise patterns:
Callback style
Each method takes an optional callback function which gets two arguments:
err- Instance ofErrorornulldata- Resultobjector not set when error
const myCallback = ( err, data ) => {
if ( err ) {
console.log( err );
console.log( err.stack );
return;
}
console.log( data );
};Promise style
If no callback is provided, the method returns a Promise:
// Using async/await
try {
const data = await vnstat.getConfig();
console.log( data );
}
catch ( err ) {
console.log( err );
}
// Using .then() / .catch()
vnstat.getConfig()
.then( ( data ) => console.log( data ) )
.catch( ( err ) => console.log( err ) );Errors
| message | description | additional |
|---|---|---|
| no config | Can't load config for getConfig |
err.details, err.error |
| invalid data | Can't read stats for getStats |
err.details |
| invalid interface | iface is invalid or not set up |
getStats ( [iface], [callback] )
Get statistics for one, multiple or all interfaces.
- One:
vnstat.getStats( 'eth0', callback )orawait vnstat.getStats( 'eth0' ) - All:
vnstat.getStats( false, callback )orawait vnstat.getStats()
// Get traffic for interface en1 (callback)
vnstat.getStats( 'en1', console.log );
// Get traffic for interface en1 (promise)
const data = await vnstat.getStats( 'en1' );
// Output
{ id: 'en1',
nick: 'en1',
created: { date: { year: 2012, month: 11, day: 21 } },
updated:
{ date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 28 },
time: { hour: 3, minute: 25 } },
traffic:
{ total: { rx: 593576855, tx: 63746811 },
days:
[ { id: 0,
date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 28 },
rx: 4083261,
tx: 119674 },
{ id: 1,
date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 27 },
rx: 2206367,
tx: 52314 },
...
],
months:
[ { id: 0,
date: { year: 2013, month: 10 },
rx: 158176326,
tx: 7740561 },
{ id: 1,
date: { year: 2013, month: 9 },
rx: 119230002,
tx: 3394278 },
...
],
tops:
[ { id: 0,
date: { year: 2013, month: 10, day: 5 },
time: { hour: 0, minute: 10 },
rx: 22445455,
tx: 601967 },
{ id: 1,
date: { year: 2013, month: 9, day: 23 },
time: { hour: 0, minute: 0 },
rx: 20201102,
tx: 461492 },
...
],
hours: []
}
}getConfig ( [callback] )
Get vnStat configuration.
// Callback style
vnstat.getConfig( ( err, config ) => {
if ( err ) {
console.log( err );
return;
}
console.log( `Interfaces updating every ${config.UpdateInterval} seconds` );
} );
// Promise style
const config = await vnstat.getConfig();
console.log( `Interfaces updating every ${config.UpdateInterval} seconds` );Unlicense
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