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+# nmdc.js
+
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/written%20in-Javascript%20%28node.js%29-blue)
+
+A node.js library for chatting on an NMDC server.
+
+Install using `npm install nmdc`.
+
+For documentation and downloads, see the npm project page: https://npmjs.org/package/nmdc 
+
+Tags: nmdc
+
+## Changelog
+
+2017-02-04 1.6.1
+- Feature: Separate ClientVersion and Tag in user/connection options
+- Fix an issue with supplied user tags missing the `V:` parameter
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.6.1.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.6.1.tgz) *(5.33 KiB)*
+
+
+2016-03-14 1.6.0
+- Feature: Add `tls` option to support TLS support for `nmdcs://` hubs
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.6.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.6.0.tgz) *(5.27 KiB)*
+
+
+2015-08-20 1.5.1
+- Fix compilation error in contributed patches for 1.5.0
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.5.1.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.5.1.tgz) *(5.22 KiB)*
+
+
+2015-08-02 1.5.0
+- Feature: Add `onStateChange` callback API (contributed)
+- Feature: Add `getHubName` and `getIsConnected` APIs (contributed)
+- Feature: Add `shouldInstantConnect` option to control default construction behaviour (contributed)
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.5.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.5.0.tgz) *(5.22 KiB)*
+
+
+2015-02-14 1.4.0
+- Feature: Automatically follow hub redirects (with default-false option `follow_redirects`)
+- Feature: Add option `ignore_chat_failures` to suppress thrown exceptions when sending a chat message fails
+- Fix an issue with Verlihub's handshake causing nmdc.js to erroneously send multiple `$Version` messages
+- Fix an issue spamming the error log with unused `$Search` and `$ConnectToMe` protocol messages
+- Fix an issue not protocol-unescaping system messages
+- Fix an issue not passing non-star system messages
+- Fix an issue upon recieving multiple blank protocol messages
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.4.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.4.0.tgz) *(4.96 KiB)*
+
+
+2014-03-08 1.3.0
+- Feature: Report connection errors in the `onSystem` handler
+- Feature: Add docblocks for publicly-exported functions
+- Fix a number of issues with automatic reconnections, and use TCP keepalives instead of empty protocol messages
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.3.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.3.0.tgz) *(4.61 KiB)*
+
+
+2013-11-26 1.2.0a
+- Fix version number in default client tag
+- Fix missing URL in `package.json` documentation
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.2.0a.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.2.0a.tgz) *(4.12 KiB)*
+
+
+2013-11-16 1.2.0
+- Feature: Add `onUserCommand` callback API
+- Feature: Add `Nmdc.raw()` API
+- Fix an issue that could cause keepalives to not be sent
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.2.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.2.0.tgz) *(4.09 KiB)*
+
+
+2013-05-05 1.1.0a
+- Fix markdown syntax in 1.1.0 release
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.1.0a.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.1.0a.tgz) *(3.81 KiB)*
+
+
+2013-05-05 1.1.0
+- BREAKING: Prevent construction without `new`
+- BREAKING: Remove `onGotHubname` callback API
+- Feature: Socket keepalives and timeouts
+- Fix a crash when the connection was lost
+- Fix `onConnect` being `say`-able
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.1.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.1.0.tgz) *(3.81 KiB)*
+
+
+2012-05-05 1.0.1a
+- Feature: Add `onGotHubname`, `onSystem` callback APIs
+- Fix correctness issues
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.0.1a.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.0.1a.tgz) *(2.78 KiB)*
+
+
+2012-04-15 1.0.0
+- Initial public release
+- [⬇️ nmdc-1.0.0.tgz](dist-archive/nmdc-1.0.0.tgz) *(2.71 KiB)*
+
+
+## See Also
+
+- Port to Golang: [libnmdc.go](https://code.ivysaur.me/libnmdc.go/)
+- Port to Python 2.7: https://bitbucket.org/SquareSkeleton/nmdcpy (contributed)
+- Port to ActionScript: vendored in [flexdc](https://code.ivysaur.me/flexdc/)
+- Port to Java (J2ME): vendored in [jmdc](https://code.ivysaur.me/jmdc/)
+- Port to C++: vendored in [cedc](https://code.ivysaur.me/cedc/), [dcwebui](https://code.ivysaur.me/dcwebui/), [ut2dc](https://code.ivysaur.me/ut2dc/), [mudc](https://code.ivysaur.me/mudc/), [pspdc](https://code.ivysaur.me/pspdc/)
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