nat-api/README.md

Port mapping with UPnP and NAT-PMP

# nat-api

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Fast port mapping with **UPnP** and **NAT-PMP** in NodeJS.

## Install

**Required: NodeJS >= 10**

```sh
npm install nat-api
```

## Usage

```js
const NatAPI = require('nat-api')

const client = new NatAPI()

// Map public port 1000 to private port 1000 with UDP and TCP
client.map(1000, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error', err)
  console.log('Port mapped!')
})

// Map public port 2000 to private port 3000 with UDP and TCP
client.map(2000, 3000, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error', err)
  console.log('Port mapped!')
})

// Map public port 4000 to private port 5000 with only UDP
client.map({ publicPort: 4000, privatePort: 5000, ttl: 1800, protocol: 'UDP' }, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error', err)
  console.log('Port mapped!')
})

// Unmap port public and private port 1000 with UDP and TCP
client.unmap(1000, function (err) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error', err)
  console.log('Port unmapped!') 
})

// Get external IP
client.externalIp(function(err, ip) {
  if (err) return console.log('Error', err)
  console.log('External IP:', ip)
})

// Destroy object
client.destroy()
```

## API

### `client = new NatAPI([opts])`

Create a new `nat-api` instance.

If `opts` is specified, then the default options (shown below) will be overridden.

```js
{
  ttl: 1200, // Time to live of each port mapping in seconds (default: 1200)
  autoUpdate: true, // Refresh all the port mapping to keep them from expiring (default: true)
  gateway: '192.168.1.1', // Default gateway (default: null)
  enablePMP: false // Enable PMP (default: false)
}
```

If `gateway` is not set, then `nat-api` will get the default gateway based on the current network interface.

### `client.map(port, [callback])`
* `port`: Public and private ports
* `callback`

This method will use `port` por mapping the public port to the same private port.

It uses the default TTL and creates a map for UDP and TCP.

### `client.map(publicPort, privatePort, [callback])`
* `publicPort`: Public port
* `privatePort`: Private port
* `callback`

This is another quick way of mapping `publciPort` to `privatePort` with any protocol (UDP and TCP).

### `client.map(opts, [callback])`
* `opts`:
 - `publicPort`: Public port
 - `privatePort`: Private port
 - `protocol`: Port protocol (`UDP`, `TCP` or `null` for both)
 - `ttl`: Overwrite the default TTL in seconds.
 - `description`: Description of the port mapping
* `callback`

### `client.unmap(port, [callback])`

Unmap any port that has the public port or private port equal to `port`.

### `client.unmap(publicPort, privatePort, [callback])`

Unmap any port that has the public port or private port equal to `publicPort` and `privatePort`, respectively.

### `client.unmap(opts, [callback])`

Unmap any port that contains the parameters provided in `opts`.

### `client.externalIp([callback])`
* `callback(err, ip)`

Get the external IP address.

### `client.destroy([callback])`

Destroy the client. Unmaps all the ports open with `nat-api` and cleans up large data structure resources.

## Additional Information

- http://miniupnp.free.fr/nat-pmp.html
- http://wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_Port_Mapping_Protocol
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cheshire-nat-pmp-03


## License

MIT. Copyright (c) [Alex](https://github.com/alxhotel)

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