diff --git a/examples/node/.gitignore b/examples/node/.gitignore
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+node_modules/*
+darwin
+zto
+include
+libzt-build
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/examples/node/README.md b/examples/node/README.md
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+# Setup
+- Make sure you build libzt first
+- `npm install`
+- `node test.js`
+- `npm run -- node-gyp rebuild` if you modify binding.cc or libzt
diff --git a/examples/node/auto-top.gypi b/examples/node/auto-top.gypi
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+# Automatically generated file. Edits will be lost.
+# Based on: autogypi.json
+
+{
+	"includes": [
+		"node_modules/nbind/src/nbind-common.gypi"
+	]
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/auto.gypi b/examples/node/auto.gypi
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+# Automatically generated file. Edits will be lost.
+# Based on: autogypi.json
+
+{
+	"include_dirs": [
+		"node_modules/nan"
+	],
+	"includes": [
+		"node_modules/nbind/src/nbind.gypi"
+	]
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/autogypi.json b/examples/node/autogypi.json
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+++ b/examples/node/autogypi.json
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+{
+	"dependencies": [
+		"nbind"
+	],
+	"includes": []
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/binding.cc b/examples/node/binding.cc
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+++ b/examples/node/binding.cc
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+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "libzt.h"
+
+struct ZT {
+  static int running() {
+    return zts_running();
+  }
+
+  static void simpleStart(const char *path, const char *nwid) {
+    zts_simple_start(path, nwid);
+  }
+
+  static void stop() {
+    zts_stop();
+  }
+
+  static char* getDeviceId() {
+    char* id = new char [ZT_ID_LEN + 1];
+    zts_get_device_id(id);
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  static char* getIpV4Address(const char *nwid) {
+    char* addr_str = new char [ZT_MAX_IPADDR_LEN];
+    zts_get_ipv4_address(nwid, addr_str, ZT_MAX_IPADDR_LEN);
+    return addr_str;
+  }
+
+  static int socket() {
+    return zts_socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  }
+
+  static int bind(int sockfd, const char *addrStr, int port) {
+		struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(addrStr);
+    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    addr.sin_port = htons( port );
+
+    return zts_bind(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
+  }
+
+  static int listen(int sockfd) {
+    return zts_listen(sockfd, 1);
+  }
+
+  static int accept(int sockfd) {
+    struct sockaddr_in client;
+    int c = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+
+    int accept_fd = zts_accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&client, (socklen_t*)&c);
+    return accept_fd;
+  }
+
+};
+
+
+#include "nbind/nbind.h"
+
+NBIND_CLASS(ZT) {
+  method(accept);
+  method(bind);
+  method(getDeviceId);
+  method(getIpV4Address);
+  method(running);
+  method(simpleStart);
+  method(socket);
+  method(stop);
+  method(listen);
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/binding.gyp b/examples/node/binding.gyp
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+++ b/examples/node/binding.gyp
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+{
+  "targets": [
+    {
+      "include_dirs": ["libzt/build/darwin", "libzt/include", "libzt/zto/include"],
+      "libraries": ["<!(pwd)/libzt/build/darwin/libzt.a"],
+      "includes": ["auto.gypi"],
+      "sources": ["binding.cc"]
+    }
+  ],
+  "includes": ["auto-top.gypi"]
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/httpServer.js b/examples/node/httpServer.js
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+++ b/examples/node/httpServer.js
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+var http = require('http')
+
+var zt = require('./libzt')
+
+var earth = '8056c2e21c000001'
+var listenPort = 8766
+
+zt.simpleStart('./tmp/' + earth, earth)
+var addr = zt.getIpV4Address(earth).split('/')[0]
+var socket = zt.socket()
+zt.bindPort(socket, addr, listenPort)
+// zt.listen(socket)
+
+console.log('socket fd', socket)
+console.log('ip a', addr)
+console.log(`http://${addr}:${listenPort}`)
+
+var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {
+  response.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
+  response.end('Hello World\n')
+})
+
+// attempt to listen to file descriptor.
+// doesn't work, but would be cool!
+server.listen({ fd: socket })
+
+// listen on localhost:8765. works
+// server.listen(8765)
diff --git a/examples/node/libzt.js b/examples/node/libzt.js
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+++ b/examples/node/libzt.js
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+var nbind = require('nbind')
+var ZT = nbind.init().lib.ZT
+
+module.exports = {
+  accept: ZT.accept,
+  bindPort: ZT.bind,
+  getDeviceId: ZT.getDeviceId,
+  getIpV4Address: ZT.getIpV4Address,
+  listen: ZT.listen,
+  running: ZT.running,
+  simpleStart: ZT.simpleStart,
+  socket: ZT.socket
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/package.json b/examples/node/package.json
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+++ b/examples/node/package.json
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+{
+    "name": "node-libzt",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "description": "",
+    "main": "index.js",
+    "scripts": {
+        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+        "autogypi": "autogypi",
+        "node-gyp": "node-gyp",
+        "format": "prettier-standard '*.js'",
+        "preinstall": "mkdir -p libzt; cd libzt; ln -sf ../../../include include; ln -sf ../../../zto zto; ln -sf ../../../build build",
+        "postinstall": "npm run -- node-gyp rebuild"
+    },
+    "lint-staged": {
+        "linters": {
+            "src/**/*.js": [
+                "prettier-standard",
+                "git add"
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "keywords": [],
+    "author": "",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "husky": "^0.14.3",
+        "lint-staged": "^4.0.3",
+        "node-gyp": "^3.6.2",
+        "prettier-standard": "^6.0.0"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "autogypi": "^0.2.2",
+        "nbind": "^0.3.13"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/node/test.js b/examples/node/test.js
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+var fs = require('fs')
+
+var zt = require('./libzt')
+
+var running = zt.running()
+console.log('running', running)
+
+var earth = '8056c2e21c000001'
+var listenPort = 1234
+
+zt.simpleStart('./tmp/' + earth, earth)
+
+var deviceId = zt.getDeviceId()
+console.log('device id', deviceId)
+
+var addr = zt.getIpV4Address(earth).split('/')[0]
+console.log('ip a', addr)
+
+var socket = zt.socket()
+console.log('socket', socket)
+
+var bindPort = zt.bindPort(socket, addr, listenPort)
+console.log('bind', bindPort)
+
+var listen = zt.listen(socket)
+console.log('listen', listen)
+
+console.log()
+console.log('ready')
+console.log(`run this in another terminal:\n\tnc ${addr} ${listenPort}`)
+console.log(`then type something`)
+console.log()
+
+var fd = zt.accept(socket)
+
+fd = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: fd })
+fd.pipe(process.stdout)
+
+// Start reading from stdin so we don't exit.
+process.stdin.resume()
+// lib.ZT.stop()
diff --git a/examples/node/tmp/.gitkeep b/examples/node/tmp/.gitkeep
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