# ssb-client v2 [Scuttlebot](https://github.com/ssbc/scuttlebot) client. ```js var ssbClient = require('ssb-client') // simplest usage, connect to localhost sbot ssbClient(function (err, sbot) { // ... }) // configuration: var keys = ssbKeys.loadOrCreateSync('./app-private.key') ssbClient( keys, // optional, defaults to ~/.ssb/secret { host: 'localhost', // optional, defaults to localhost port: 8008, // optional, defaults to 8008 key: keys.id // optional, defaults to keys.id }, function (err, sbot) { // ... } ) ``` ## License MIT, Copyright 2015 Paul Frazee and Dominic Tarr