agnel / mllp

HL7's MLLP (Minimum Lower Layer Protocol) server implementation in Node.js

mllp

HL7's MLLP (Minimum Lower Layer Protocol) server implementation in Node.js.

Listen on predefined port for HL7 messages in format:

<VT>[HL7 Message]<FS><CR>

• HL7 MLP minimul layer protocol defined
• ACK message

Quick up and running guide

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v0.10+) and NPM
• Grunt.js

# you need Node.js and Grunt.js installed

# install dependencies and build
npm install
grunt

Usage

See example.js:

var mllp = require('mllp-node');

var server = new mllp.MLLPServer('127.0.0.1', 1234);

// Subscribe to inbound messages
server.on('hl7', function (data){
    console.log('received payload:', data);
});

// Send outbound messages
server.send('127.0.0.1', 4321, 'outbound-hl7-message', function (err, ackData) {
    // async callback code here
});

Contributing

Contributors are welcome. See issues on GitHub issues

Release Notes

See release notes [here] (./RELEASENOTES.md)

License

Licensed under Apache 2.0