# Solace Node.js Messaging API

Copyright 2011-2018 Solace Corporation. All rights reserved.

This software is proprietary software of Solace Corporation and intended only for use in conjunction with one or more Solace Message Routers. By using this software, you are agreeing to the license terms and conditions located at https://solace.com/license-software.

## INTRODUCTION

This is the Solace Node.js Messaging API. This API allows Node.js applications to send messages to, and receive messages from, a Solace Messaging Router.

## SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Solclientjs is supported in LTS versions of Node.js which are either active or in maintenance.

## PACKAGING

The API is distributed either as the solclientjs package in the npm registry or as a downloadable tar.gz package named `npm-solclientjs-<version>.tar.gz`. The package includes:

- `/lib` JavaScript module files
- `/docs` API online docs

## INSTALLATION

To install Solclientjs, with Node.js installed and `npm` present in your path:

### From the NPM registry

1. Change directory to where solclientjs will be installed
2. If package.json does not exist in the directory, create one with: `> npm init`
3. Install solclientjs: `> npm install solclientjs`

### From the downloadable package

1. Change directory to where solclientjs will be installed
2. If package.json does not exist in the directory, create one with: `> npm init`
3. Install solclientjs: `> npm install <path_to_package>/npm-solclientjs-<version>.tar.gz`

## SAMPLES

Tutorials and samples with detailed instructions how to run them, are available on GitHub from the following location: Solace Samples: Node.js

## API VARIATIONS

There are different variations of the API that can be used. The differences between them include available logging verbosity and whether or not the API has been minified.

When the available logging verbosity has been reduced, this is done to improve the performance the application but this reduces the ability to debug problems.

Minified libraries are both smaller and optimized for performance. However, this comes at the expense of making debugging more difficult.

The following table summarizes the available API variations:

    | Variation  | Minified | Available Logs           |
    -------------|----------|---------------------------
    | Debug      | No       | All                      |
    | Full       | No       | INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL |
    | Production | Yes      | INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL |

To load an API variation, use one of the following statements:

        var solace = require('solclientjs');            // loads production
    OR  var solace = require('solclientjs').production; // loads production
    OR  var solace = require('solclientjs').full;       // loads full
    OR  var solace = require('solclientjs').debug;      // loads debug

## API PROFILES

The API has the concept of an initialization profile. The intent of the profile is to allow old applications to remain compatible with old versions of the API, while allowing new users to take advantage of new recommended default behavior.

When writing a new application, it is recommended to choose the newest factory profile. For example, if `version10` is the newest available factory profile, this snippet demonstrates how to initialize the API:

    var factoryProps = new solace.SolclientFactoryProperties();
    factoryProps.profile = solace.SolclientFactoryProfiles.version10;
    solace.SolclientFactory.init(factoryProps);

For backwards compatibility with applications written before the concept of API profiles were introduced, the default profile is `version7`.

IMPORTANT: `solace.SolclientFactory.init` should be called before any other API function is invoked.

## LOGGING

The default log level of the API is `INFO`. If you want to change the log level, use the `solace.SolclientFactory#setLogLevel` method after calling `solace.SolclientFactory#init`.

The following snippet shows how to load the debug API, select the `version10` API profile, and set the log level to `TRACE`, the most verbose log level:

    var solace = require('solclientjs').debug;
    var properties = new solace.SolclientFactoryProperties();
    properties.profile = solace.SolclientFactoryProfiles.version10;
    solace.SolclientFactory.init(properties);
    solace.SolclientFactory.setLogLevel(solace.LogLevel.TRACE);