check if anything has changed to spare unnecessary requests

lib/node.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function Node()
 		os_v: os.release()
 	};
 
-	this.info.id = _.camelCase(this.info.name);
+	this.id = _.camelCase(this.info.name);
 
 	console.log(this.info);
 
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ function Node()
 		block: {},
 		blocktimeAvg: 0,
 		difficulty: [],
-		uptime: {
+		uptime: 0,
-			down: 0,
-			inc: 0,
-			total: 0
-		},
 		errors: []
-	}
+	};
+	this._lastStats = JSON.stringify(this.stats);
+
+	this._tries = 0;
+	this._down = 0;
 
 	this.blocks = [];
 
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ function Node()
 	web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpSyncProvider('http://' + (process.env.RPC_HOST || 'localhost') + ':' + (process.env.RPC_PORT || '8080')));
 
 	socket.on('open', function open() {
-		self._socket = true;
+		socket.emit('hello', { id: self.id, info: self.info});
-		self.emit('hello', self.info);
 		console.log('The connection has been opened.');
 	}).on('end', function end() {
 		self._socket = false;
@@ -73,6 +72,17 @@ function Node()
 		console.log('Received some data', data);
 	});
 
+	socket.on('ready', function()
+	{
+		if(self.changed())
+		{
+			self._socket = true;
+			self.sendUpdate();
+		}
+
+		console.log('The connection has been established.');
+	})
+
 	this.init();
 
 	return this;
@@ -80,7 +90,7 @@ function Node()
 
 Node.prototype.isActive = function()
 {
-	this.stats.uptime.inc++;
+	this._tries++;
 	this.stats.errors = [];
 
 	try {
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ Node.prototype.isActive = function()
 		this.stats.listening = false;
 		this.stats.mining = false;
 		this.stats.peers = 0;
-		this.stats.uptime.down++;
+		this._down++;
 
 		this.stats.errors.push({
 			code: '1',
@@ -219,11 +229,14 @@ Node.prototype.difficultyChart = function()
 
 Node.prototype.uptime = function()
 {
-	this.stats.uptime.total = ((this.stats.uptime.inc - this.stats.uptime.down) / this.stats.uptime.inc) * 100;
+	this.stats.uptime = ((this._tries - this._down) / this._tries) * 100;
 }
 
 Node.prototype.getStats = function()
 {
+	if(this._socket)
+		this._lastStats = JSON.stringify(this.stats);
+
 	if(this.isActive())
 	{
 		this.stats.block = this.getBlock();
@@ -240,19 +253,32 @@ Node.prototype.getStats = function()
 	this.uptime();
 }
 
+Node.prototype.changed = function()
+{
+	var changed = ! _.isEqual(this._lastStats, JSON.stringify(this.stats));
+	console.log(changed);
+	return changed;
+}
+
 Node.prototype.prepareStats = function()
 {
 	return {
-		id: this.info.id,
+		id: this.id,
 		stats: this.stats
 	};
 }
 
+Node.prototype.sendUpdate = function()
+{
+	if(this.changed())
+		this.emit('update', this.prepareStats());
+}
+
 Node.prototype.update = function()
 {
 	this.getStats();
 
-	this.emit('update', this.prepareStats());
+	this.sendUpdate();
 
 	return this.stats;
 };