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Player

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ruvyrias / Player

Class: Player

Defined in: src/Player.ts:20

Represents a music player instance in the Ruvyrias library, managing playback, queue, and voice connection for a guild.

Extends​

  • EventEmitter

Constructors​

Constructor​

new Player(ruvyrias, node, options): Player

Defined in: src/Player.ts:45

Parameters​

ruvyrias​

Ruvyrias

node​

Node

options​

ConnectionOptions

Returns​

Player

Overrides​

EventEmitter.constructor

Properties​

connection​

readonly connection: Connection

Defined in: src/Player.ts:24

currentTrack​

currentTrack: null | Track

Defined in: src/Player.ts:30

data​

readonly data: Record<string, unknown>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:21

filters​

readonly filters: Filters

Defined in: src/Player.ts:26

guildId​

readonly guildId: string

Defined in: src/Player.ts:27

isAutoPlay​

isAutoPlay: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:39

isConnected​

isConnected: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:38

isPaused​

isPaused: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:37

isPlaying​

isPlaying: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:36

isQuietMode​

isQuietMode: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:40

loop​

loop: LoopType

Defined in: src/Player.ts:43

node​

node: Node

Defined in: src/Player.ts:23

ping​

ping: number

Defined in: src/Player.ts:34

position​

position: number

Defined in: src/Player.ts:33

previousTrack​

previousTrack: null | Track

Defined in: src/Player.ts:31

queue​

readonly queue: Queue

Defined in: src/Player.ts:25

ruvyrias​

ruvyrias: Ruvyrias

Defined in: src/Player.ts:22

selfDeaf?​

optional selfDeaf: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:42

selfMute?​

optional selfMute: boolean

Defined in: src/Player.ts:41

textChannelId​

textChannelId: null | string

Defined in: src/Player.ts:29

timestamp​

timestamp: null | number

Defined in: src/Player.ts:35

voiceChannelId​

voiceChannelId: null | string

Defined in: src/Player.ts:28

volume​

volume: number

Defined in: src/Player.ts:32

captureRejections​

static captureRejections: boolean

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:458

Value: boolean

Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.

Since​

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.captureRejections

captureRejectionSymbol​

readonly static captureRejectionSymbol: typeof captureRejectionSymbol

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:451

Value: Symbol.for('nodejs.rejection')

See how to write a custom rejection handler.

Since​

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.captureRejectionSymbol

defaultMaxListeners​

static defaultMaxListeners: number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:497

By default, a maximum of 10 listeners can be registered for any single event. This limit can be changed for individual EventEmitter instances using the emitter.setMaxListeners(n) method. To change the default for allEventEmitter instances, the events.defaultMaxListeners property can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a RangeError is thrown.

Take caution when setting the events.defaultMaxListeners because the change affects all EventEmitter instances, including those created before the change is made. However, calling emitter.setMaxListeners(n) still has precedence over events.defaultMaxListeners.

This is not a hard limit. The EventEmitter instance will allow more listeners to be added but will output a trace warning to stderr indicating that a "possible EventEmitter memory leak" has been detected. For any single EventEmitter, the emitter.getMaxListeners() and emitter.setMaxListeners() methods can be used to temporarily avoid this warning:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.setMaxListeners(emitter.getMaxListeners() + 1);
emitter.once('event', () => {
  // do stuff
  emitter.setMaxListeners(Math.max(emitter.getMaxListeners() - 1, 0));
});

The --trace-warnings command-line flag can be used to display the stack trace for such warnings.

The emitted warning can be inspected with process.on('warning') and will have the additional emitter, type, and count properties, referring to the event emitter instance, the event's name and the number of attached listeners, respectively. Its name property is set to 'MaxListenersExceededWarning'.

Since​

v0.11.2

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners

errorMonitor​

readonly static errorMonitor: typeof errorMonitor

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:444

This symbol shall be used to install a listener for only monitoring 'error' events. Listeners installed using this symbol are called before the regular 'error' listeners are called.

Installing a listener using this symbol does not change the behavior once an 'error' event is emitted. Therefore, the process will still crash if no regular 'error' listener is installed.

Since​

v13.6.0, v12.17.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.errorMonitor

Methods​

[captureRejectionSymbol]()?​

optional [captureRejectionSymbol]<K>(error, event, ...args): void

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:136

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

error​

Error

event​

string | symbol

args​

...AnyRest

Returns​

void

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.[captureRejectionSymbol]

addListener()​

addListener<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:596

Alias for emitter.on(eventName, listener).

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.1.26

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.addListener

autoMoveNode()​

autoMoveNode(): Promise<null | boolean | void | Node>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:261

Automatically moves the player to the least used node.

Returns​

Promise<null | boolean | void | Node>

Resolves with the moved node, false, or null.

autoplay()​

autoplay(player): Promise<void | Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:355

Automatically adds a track to the queue and plays it based on the previous or current track. Supports YouTube and Spotify sources.

Parameters​

player​

Player

The player instance.

Returns​

Promise<void | Player>

Resolves with the player instance after autoplay.

emit()​

emit<K>(eventName, ...args): boolean

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:858

Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named eventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

// First listener
myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
  console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
});
// Second listener
myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
  console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
});
// Third listener
myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
  const parameters = args.join(', ');
  console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
});

console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

// Prints:
// [
//   [Function: firstListener],
//   [Function: secondListener],
//   [Function: thirdListener]
// ]
// Helloooo! first listener
// event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
// event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

args​

...AnyRest

Returns​

boolean

Since​

v0.1.26

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.emit

eventNames()​

eventNames(): (string | symbol)[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:921

Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => {});
myEE.on('bar', () => {});

const sym = Symbol('symbol');
myEE.on(sym, () => {});

console.log(myEE.eventNames());
// Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

Returns​

(string | symbol)[]

Since​

v6.0.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.eventNames

get()​

get<K>(key): K

Defined in: src/Player.ts:345

Retrieves a value by key from the player's data object.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

key​

string

Key name.

Returns​

K

The stored value.

getMaxListeners()​

getMaxListeners(): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:773

Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners.

Returns​

number

Since​

v1.0.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.getMaxListeners

joinVoiceChannel()​

joinVoiceChannel(options): void

Defined in: src/Player.ts:172

Connects the player to a voice channel.

Parameters​

options​

ConnectionOptions = ...

Voice connection options.

Returns​

void

leaveVoiceChannel()​

leaveVoiceChannel(): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:190

Disconnects the player from the voice channel.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance after disconnecting.

listenerCount()​

listenerCount<K>(eventName, listener?): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:867

Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

The name of the event being listened for

string | symbol

listener?​

Function

The event handler function

Returns​

number

Since​

v3.2.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.listenerCount

listeners()​

listeners<K>(eventName): Function[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:786

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

server.on('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
});
console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
// Prints: [ [Function] ]

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

Returns​

Function[]

Since​

v0.1.26

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.listeners

moveNode()​

moveNode(name): Promise<void | Node>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:236

Moves the player to a different Lavalink node.

Parameters​

name​

string

The target node's name.

Returns​

Promise<void | Node>

Resolves with the moved node or void.

off()​

off<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:746

Alias for emitter.removeListener().

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

Returns​

this

Since​

v10.0.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.off

on()​

on<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:628

Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

server.on('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
});

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a'));
myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
myEE.emit('foo');
// Prints:
//   b
//   a

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

The name of the event.

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

The callback function

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.1.101

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.on

once()​

once<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:658

Adds a one-time listener function for the event named eventName. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

server.once('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
});

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependOnceListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
myEE.emit('foo');
// Prints:
//   b
//   a

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

The name of the event.

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

The callback function

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.3.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.once

pause()​

pause(): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:139

Pauses playback.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance after pausing.

play()​

play(): Promise<void | Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:90

Plays the current or next track in the queue.

Returns​

Promise<void | Player>

Resolves with the player or void if nothing to play.

prependListener()​

prependListener<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:885

Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
});

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

The name of the event.

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

The callback function

Returns​

this

Since​

v6.0.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.prependListener

prependOnceListener()​

prependOnceListener<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:901

Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
  console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
});

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

The name of the event.

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

The callback function

Returns​

this

Since​

v6.0.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.prependOnceListener

rawListeners()​

rawListeners<K>(eventName): Function[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:817

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

// Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
// `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

// Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
logFnWrapper.listener();

// Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
logFnWrapper();

emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
// Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

// Logs "log persistently" twice
newListeners[0]();
emitter.emit('log');

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

Returns​

Function[]

Since​

v9.4.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.rawListeners

removeAllListeners()​

removeAllListeners(eventName?): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:757

Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Parameters​

eventName?​

string | symbol

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.1.26

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.removeAllListeners

removeListener()​

removeListener<K>(eventName, listener): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:741

Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event named eventName.

const callback = (stream) => {
  console.log('someone connected!');
};
server.on('connection', callback);
// ...
server.removeListener('connection', callback);

removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that any removeListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

const callbackA = () => {
  console.log('A');
  myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
};

const callbackB = () => {
  console.log('B');
};

myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

// callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
// Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
myEmitter.emit('event');
// Prints:
//   A
//   B

// callbackB is now removed.
// Internal listener array [callbackA]
myEmitter.emit('event');
// Prints:
//   A

Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping') listener is removed:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();

function pong() {
  console.log('pong');
}

ee.on('ping', pong);
ee.once('ping', pong);
ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

ee.emit('ping');
ee.emit('ping');

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

eventName​

string | symbol

listener​

(...args) => void

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.1.26

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.removeListener

restart()​

restart(): Promise<void | Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:211

Restarts the player and plays the current track.

Returns​

Promise<void | Player>

Resolves with the player instance.

resume()​

resume(): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:155

Resumes playback.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance after resuming.

search(options): Promise<Response>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:530

Resolves a track from a query string using the node's REST API.

Parameters​

options​

ResolveOptions

Query, source, and requester.

Returns​

Promise<Response>

Resolves with a Response object containing tracks.

seek()​

seek(position): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:277

Seeks to a specific position in the current track.

Parameters​

position​

number

The position in milliseconds.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance.

send()​

send(data): void

Defined in: src/Player.ts:541

Sends voice connection updates to the Ruvyrias instance.

Parameters​

data​

Data to send.

channel_id​

null | string

guild_id​

string

self_selfDeaf​

boolean

self_selfMute​

boolean

Returns​

void

set()​

set<K>(key, value): void

Defined in: src/Player.ts:335

Stores a key-value pair in the player's data object.

Type Parameters​

K​

K

Parameters​

key​

string

Key name.

value​

K

Value to store.

Returns​

void

setLoop()​

setLoop(mode): Player

Defined in: src/Player.ts:303

Sets the loop mode for the player.

Parameters​

mode​

LoopType

The loop mode (off, track, queue).

Returns​

Player

Resolves with the player instance.

setMaxListeners()​

setMaxListeners(n): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:767

By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set to Infinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

Parameters​

n​

number

Returns​

this

Since​

v0.3.5

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.setMaxListeners

setVolume()​

setVolume(volume): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:287

Sets the player's volume.

Parameters​

volume​

number

Volume between 0 and 1000.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance.

skip()​

skip(): Promise<Player>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:123

Skips the current track.

Returns​

Promise<Player>

Resolves with the player instance after skipping.

stop()​

stop(): Promise<null | boolean>

Defined in: src/Player.ts:113

Stops the player, disconnects from the voice channel, and destroys the player instance.

Returns​

Promise<null | boolean>

Resolves to true if destroyed, null if nothing to destroy.

addAbortListener()​

static addAbortListener(signal, resource): Disposable

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:436

Listens once to the abort event on the provided signal.

Listening to the abort event on abort signals is unsafe and may lead to resource leaks since another third party with the signal can call e.stopImmediatePropagation(). Unfortunately Node.js cannot change this since it would violate the web standard. Additionally, the original API makes it easy to forget to remove listeners.

This API allows safely using AbortSignals in Node.js APIs by solving these two issues by listening to the event such that stopImmediatePropagation does not prevent the listener from running.

Returns a disposable so that it may be unsubscribed from more easily.

import { addAbortListener } from 'node:events';

function example(signal) {
  let disposable;
  try {
    signal.addEventListener('abort', (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation());
    disposable = addAbortListener(signal, (e) => {
      // Do something when signal is aborted.
    });
  } finally {
    disposable?.[Symbol.dispose]();
  }
}

Parameters​

signal​

AbortSignal

resource​

(event) => void

Returns​

Disposable

Disposable that removes the abort listener.

Since​

v20.5.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.addAbortListener

getEventListeners()​

static getEventListeners(emitter, name): Function[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:358

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .listeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the event listeners for the event target. This is useful for debugging and diagnostic purposes.

import { getEventListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

{
  const ee = new EventEmitter();
  const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
  ee.on('foo', listener);
  console.log(getEventListeners(ee, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}
{
  const et = new EventTarget();
  const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
  et.addEventListener('foo', listener);
  console.log(getEventListeners(et, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}

Parameters​

emitter​

EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget

name​

string | symbol

Returns​

Function[]

Since​

v15.2.0, v14.17.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.getEventListeners

getMaxListeners()​

static getMaxListeners(emitter): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:387

Returns the currently set max amount of listeners.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .getMaxListeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the max event listeners for the event target. If the number of event handlers on a single EventTarget exceeds the max set, the EventTarget will print a warning.

import { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

{
  const ee = new EventEmitter();
  console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 10
  setMaxListeners(11, ee);
  console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 11
}
{
  const et = new EventTarget();
  console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 10
  setMaxListeners(11, et);
  console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 11
}

Parameters​

emitter​

EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget

Returns​

number

Since​

v19.9.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.getMaxListeners

listenerCount()​

static listenerCount(emitter, eventName): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:330

A class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventName registered on the given emitter.

import { EventEmitter, listenerCount } from 'node:events';

const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
console.log(listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
// Prints: 2

Parameters​

emitter​

EventEmitter

The emitter to query

eventName​

The event name

string | symbol

Returns​

number

Since​

v0.9.12

Deprecated​

Since v3.2.0 - Use listenerCount instead.

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.listenerCount

on()​

Call Signature​

static on(emitter, eventName, options?): AsyncIterator<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:303

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
  ee.emit('foo', 42);
});

for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
  // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
  // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
  // if concurrent execution is required.
  console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here

Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ac = new AbortController();

(async () => {
  const ee = new EventEmitter();

  // Emit later on
  process.nextTick(() => {
    ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
    ee.emit('foo', 42);
  });

  for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
    // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
    // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
    // if concurrent execution is required.
    console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
  }
  // Unreachable here
})();

process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());

Use the close option to specify an array of event names that will end the iteration:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
  ee.emit('foo', 42);
  ee.emit('close');
});

for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { close: ['close'] })) {
  console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// the loop will exit after 'close' is emitted
console.log('done'); // prints 'done'
Parameters​
emitter​

EventEmitter

eventName​

string | symbol

options?​

StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions

Returns​

AsyncIterator<any[]>

An AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

Since​

v13.6.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.on

Call Signature​

static on(emitter, eventName, options?): AsyncIterator<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:308

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
  ee.emit('foo', 42);
});

for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
  // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
  // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
  // if concurrent execution is required.
  console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here

Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ac = new AbortController();

(async () => {
  const ee = new EventEmitter();

  // Emit later on
  process.nextTick(() => {
    ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
    ee.emit('foo', 42);
  });

  for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
    // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
    // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
    // if concurrent execution is required.
    console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
  }
  // Unreachable here
})();

process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());

Use the close option to specify an array of event names that will end the iteration:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
  ee.emit('foo', 42);
  ee.emit('close');
});

for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { close: ['close'] })) {
  console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// the loop will exit after 'close' is emitted
console.log('done'); // prints 'done'
Parameters​
emitter​

EventTarget

eventName​

string

options?​

StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions

Returns​

AsyncIterator<any[]>

An AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

Since​

v13.6.0, v12.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.on

once()​

Call Signature​

static once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:217

Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('myevent', 42);
});

const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
console.log(value);

const err = new Error('kaboom');
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('error', err);
});

try {
  await once(ee, 'myevent');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('error happened', err);
}

The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once() is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the 'error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

once(ee, 'error')
  .then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
  .catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));

ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));

// Prints: ok boom

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();

async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
  try {
    await once(emitter, event, { signal });
    console.log('event emitted!');
  } catch (error) {
    if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
      console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
    } else {
      console.error('There was an error', error.message);
    }
  }
}

foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
Parameters​
emitter​

EventEmitter

eventName​

string | symbol

options?​

StaticEventEmitterOptions

Returns​

Promise<any[]>

Since​

v11.13.0, v10.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.once

Call Signature​

static once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:222

Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('myevent', 42);
});

const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
console.log(value);

const err = new Error('kaboom');
process.nextTick(() => {
  ee.emit('error', err);
});

try {
  await once(ee, 'myevent');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('error happened', err);
}

The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once() is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the 'error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();

once(ee, 'error')
  .then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
  .catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));

ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));

// Prints: ok boom

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();

async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
  try {
    await once(emitter, event, { signal });
    console.log('event emitted!');
  } catch (error) {
    if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
      console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
    } else {
      console.error('There was an error', error.message);
    }
  }
}

foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
Parameters​
emitter​

EventTarget

eventName​

string

options?​

StaticEventEmitterOptions

Returns​

Promise<any[]>

Since​

v11.13.0, v10.16.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.once

setMaxListeners()​

static setMaxListeners(n?, ...eventTargets?): void

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@24.5.1/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:402

import { setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

const target = new EventTarget();
const emitter = new EventEmitter();

setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);

Parameters​

n?​

number

A non-negative number. The maximum number of listeners per EventTarget event.

Returns​

void

Since​

v15.4.0

Inherited from​

EventEmitter.setMaxListeners