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rserve-client

A stateful client for Rserve, the TCP/IP server for R framework.

• Installation
• API

Installation

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save rserve-client

API

var r = require('rserve-client');
r.connect('localhost', 6311, function(err, client) {
    client.evaluate('a<-2.7+2', function(err, ans) {
        console.log(ans);
        client.end();
    });
});

.connect(hostname, port, callback)

Connects to Rserve at hostname on port and returns the connection via callback.

connection.evaluate(command, callback)

Evaluates the given command on Rserve and returns the result via callback. If client has disconnected, first reconnects, then evaluates.

connection.end()

Ends the connection by closing the socket.