ninwa

node input watcher

requirements

• node.js
• yarn
• evtest

setup

• clone the project
  git clone https://git.velvettear.de/velvettear/ninwa.git

• enter the project directory
  cd ninwa

• installed required modules
  yarn install

• modify config.json according to your needs

• execute ninwa
  node ninwa.js

systemd

for security reasons it is highly recommended to not run ninwa with root permissions!

• create a new system user
  useradd -r -s /usr/bin/nologin ninwa

• symlink the provided systemd-service file and modify it according to your needs
  ln -s /path/to/ninwa/ninwa.service /etc/systemd/system/ninwa.service

• reload systemd-services
  systemctl daemon-reload

• enable and start the ninwa as a systemd-service
  systemctl enable --now ninwa

configuration

configuration is done entirely within the file config.json.

log: [object]

• level: [string] verbosity of the log; either debug, info, warning or error
• timestamp: [string] format string for the timestamp; review moment.js for further information

socket: [object]

• location: [string] path to the socket file; defaults to /tmp/ninwa.sock

watchers: [object-array]

• device: [string] name of or path to an input device; ninwa automatically tries to locate the device in /dev/input and /dev/input/by-id/ if only a name is given
• restart: [boolean] restart watcher on close
• grep: [string] pre-filter evtest's output with grep
• keys: [object-array]
  • key: [string] name of the key
  • type: [string] type of the key event; either keyup, keydown or keyhold
  • delay: [number] time in milliseconds until the key will be registered again (mostly useful for keyhold-events)
  • command: [string] command to execute on key press
  • args: [string-array] arguments to pass to the executed command; variables {{ key }} and {{ type }} used in args will be replaced