README.md

Leaderboard

Leaderboards backed by Redis in Node.js. Initially written for the Minefield HTML5 game. Inspired by Agoragames' Leaderboard.

Installation

$ npm install leaderboard

API

#Constructor

new Leaderboard('name', [options], [redisOptions|redisClient])

Creates a new leaderboard or attaches to an existing leaderboard.

###Options

• pageSize - default: 0

  Page size to be used when paging through the leaderboard.

• reverse - default: false

  If true various methods will return results in lowest-to-highest order.

##Methods

• add(member, score, [λ])

  Ranks a member in the leaderboard.

  board.add('borbit', 42, function(err) {
    // no arguments except err
  });
  

• incr(member, score, [λ])

  Increments the score of a member by provided value and ranks it in the leaderboard. Decrements if negative.

  board.incr('borbit', 42, function(err) {
    // no arguments except err
  });
  

• rank(member, λ)

  Retrieves the rank for a member in the leaderboard.

  board.rank('borbit', function(err, rank) {
    // rank - current position, -1 if a member doesn't
    // fall within the leaderboard
  });
  

• score(member, λ)

  Retrieves the score for a member in the leaderboard.

  board.score('borbit', function(err, score) {
    // score - current score, -1 if a member doesn't
    // fall within the leaderboard
  });
  

• list([page], λ)

  Retrieves a page of leaders from the leaderboard.

  board.list(function(err, list) {
    // list - list of leaders are ordered from
    // the highest to the lowest score
    // [
    //   {member: 'member1', score: 30},
    //   {member: 'member2', score: 20},
    //   {member: 'member3', score: 10}
    // ]
  });
  

• at(rank, λ)

  Retrieves a member on the specified rank.

  board.at(42, function(err, member) {
    // member - member at the specified rank,
    // null if a member is not found
    // {
    //   member: 'member1',
    //   score: 30
    // }
  });
  

• rm(member, [λ])

  Removes a member from the leaderboard.

  board.rm('kot', function(err, removed) {
    // removed - false in case the removing member
    // doesn't exist in the leaderboard.
    // true - successful remove
  });
  

• total([λ])

  Retrieves the total number of members in the leaderboard.

  board.total(function(err, number) {
    // captain obvious
  });
  

##Tests

Leaderboard is covered by Mocha. To run tests:

$ npm test

License

MIT. Copyright (c) 2012 Serge Borbit <[email protected]>