# Mitt
> Tiny 200b functional event emitter / pubsub.
- **Microscopic:** weighs less than 200 bytes gzipped
- **Useful:** a wildcard `"*"` event type listens to all events
- **Familiar:** same names & ideas as [Node's EventEmitter](https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#events_class_eventemitter)
- **Functional:** methods don't rely on `this`
- **Great Name:** somehow [mitt](https://npm.im/mitt) wasn't taken
Mitt was made for the browser, but works in any JavaScript runtime. It has no dependencies and supports IE9+.
## Table of Contents
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Examples & Demos](#examples--demos)
- [API](#api)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)
## Install
This project uses [node](http://nodejs.org) and [npm](https://npmjs.com). Go check them out if you don't have them locally installed.
```sh
$ npm install --save mitt
```
Then with a module bundler like [rollup](http://rollupjs.org/) or [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/), use as you would anything else:
```javascript
// using ES6 modules
import mitt from 'mitt'
// using CommonJS modules
var mitt = require('mitt')
```
The [UMD](https://github.com/umdjs/umd) build is also available on [unpkg](https://unpkg.com):
```html
```
You can find the library on `window.mitt`.
## Usage
```js
import mitt from 'mitt'
const emitter = mitt()
// listen to an event
emitter.on('foo', e => console.log('foo', e) )
// listen to all events
emitter.on('*', (type, e) => console.log(type, e) )
// fire an event
emitter.emit('foo', { a: 'b' })
// working with handler references:
function onFoo() {}
emitter.on('foo', onFoo) // listen
emitter.off('foo', onFoo) // unlisten
```
### Typescript
```ts
import mitt from 'mitt';
const emitter: mitt.Emitter = mitt();
```
## Examples & Demos
Preact + Mitt Codepen Demo
* * *
## API
### mitt
Mitt: Tiny (~200b) functional event emitter / pubsub.
**Parameters**
- `all` **EventHandlerMap**
Returns **Mitt**
### on
Register an event handler for the given type.
**Parameters**
- `type` **[String](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** Type of event to listen for, or `"*"` for all events
- `handler` **[Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function)** Function to call in response to given event
### off
Remove an event handler for the given type.
**Parameters**
- `type` **[String](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** Type of event to unregister `handler` from, or `"*"`
- `handler` **[Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function)** Handler function to remove
### emit
Invoke all handlers for the given type.
If present, `"*"` handlers are invoked after type-matched handlers.
**Parameters**
- `type` **[String](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** The event type to invoke
- `evt` **Any?** Any value (object is recommended and powerful), passed to each handler
## Contribute
First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute!
Now, take a moment to be sure your contributions make sense to everyone else.
Development Start:
This project is typed with Flow Type annotations. To ensure you have the proper typings for this project run
`flow-typed install`
### Reporting Issues
Found a problem? Want a new feature? First of all see if your issue or idea has [already been reported](../../issues).
If don't, just open a [new clear and descriptive issue](../../issues/new).
### Submitting pull requests
Pull requests are the greatest contributions, so be sure they are focused in scope, and do avoid unrelated commits.
- Fork it!
- Clone your fork: `git clone https://github.com//mitt`
- Navigate to the newly cloned directory: `cd mitt`
- Create a new branch for the new feature: `git checkout -b my-new-feature`
- Install the tools necessary for development: `npm install`
- Make your changes.
- Commit your changes: `git commit -am 'Add some feature'`
- Push to the branch: `git push origin my-new-feature`
- Submit a pull request with full remarks documenting your changes.
## License
[MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) © [Jason Miller](https://jasonformat.com/)