From 690e9e545d2dda5fc7c54b7428cc84c1a3035f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Richer <dave@ir0ny.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:54:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to specify socket vs TCP connection for lirc

---
 config.js | 6 ++++--
 index.js  | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 183a087..0d0c6cb 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const config = require('yargs')
     .describe('u', 'mqtt broker url. See https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js#connect-using-a-url')
     .describe('l', 'lircd host')
     .describe('p', 'lircd port')
+    .describe('s', 'lircd socket. possible values: "/var/run/lirc/lircd"')
     .describe('h', 'show help')
     .alias({
         h: 'help',
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ const config = require('yargs')
         u: 'url',
         v: 'verbosity',
         l: 'lirc-host',
-        p: 'lirc-port'
+        p: 'lirc-port',
+        s: 'lirc-socket',
     })
     .default({
         u: 'mqtt://127.0.0.1',
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ const config = require('yargs')
         v: 'info',
         l: '127.0.0.1',
         p: 8765,
-        i: 60
+        i: 60,
     })
     .version()
     .help('help')
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d675eb7..d33509c 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ let lircConnected;
 
 log.info('lirc trying to connect on ' + config.lircHost + ':' + config.lircPort);
 
+const lircOptions = config.lircSocket ? {
+  path: config.lircSocket,
+} : {
+    host: config.lircHost,
+    port: config.lircPort
+};
+
 const lirc = new Lirc({
     host: config.lircHost,
     port: config.lircPort