Follow a Blaseball game for the given team and print updates to the console.

index.js

import { default as Socket } from 'socket.io-client'

// dependencies: socket.io-client
// Usage example:
// $ node ./dist/index.js "Philly Pies" | espeak-ng -v en-us -s 120

function main() {
  const team = process.argv[2] || 'Philly Pies'

  const socket = Socket('https://blaseball.com')

  socket.on('connect', () => {
    console.log('> connected')
  })

  let prevUpdate = ''
  socket.on('gameDataUpdate', data => {
    const game = data.schedule.find(x => x.awayTeamName === team || x.homeTeamName === team)
    let currUpdate = prevUpdate
    if (game) {
      currUpdate = game.lastUpdate || '(No update.)'
    } else {
      currUpdate = `No game in progress for team "${team}"`
    }
    if (currUpdate !== prevUpdate) {
      console.log(currUpdate)
      prevUpdate = currUpdate
    }
  })

  socket.on('disconnect', reason => {
    console.log(`> disconnected (${reason})`)
  })

  process.on('SIGINT', () => {
    socket.close()
    process.exit()
  })
}

main()