# Implement a shairport-sync Airplay server into Node-Red
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321
**Category:** General
**Created:** [15 April 2022 08:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321 "2022-04-15T08:19:45Z")
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### Author:  [@pagaille](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pagaille)
#### Post date: [15 April 2022 08:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321/1 "2022-04-15T08:19:45Z")
Hi there,
I would like to integrate a shairport-sync instance into my node-red flow.
The goal is being able to start / stop an airplay server listening to streams coming for iDevices and send that stream to the speaker output of a raspberry.
I (very naively) tried to import the shairport-sync module into a function node and piping the output stream to msg.speech and output it to a node-red-contrib-speakerpi-output node.
```auto
[
{
"id": "10ba55bf0ff143a6",
"type": "function",
"z": "c472a0f874cdcb87",
"name": "",
"func": "const airplay = new shairportSync();\nairplay.name = 'My Airplay Receiver';\nairplay.start();\nairplay.output.stream.pipe(msg.speech);\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [
{
"var": "shairportSync",
"module": "shairport-sync"
}
],
"x": 400,
"y": 140,
"wires": [
[
"3186abae45bab32d",
"cc194a98caec879a"
]
]
},
{
"id": "cc194a98caec879a",
"type": "speakerpi-output",
"z": "c472a0f874cdcb87",
"choose": "streambased",
"filename": "",
"channels": "2",
"bitdepth": "16",
"samplerate": "44100",
"name": "",
"x": 640,
"y": 140,
"wires": [
[]
]
}
]
```
As naive as it is, it doesn't work 😊 The function node claims that `"TypeError: shairportSync is not a constructor"`.
Yet the module is installed as expected by node-red :
```auto
[info] Installing module: shairport-sync, version: latest
[info] Installed module: shairport-sync
```
Any idea ?
Thanks
---
### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [15 April 2022 09:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321/2 "2022-04-15T09:27:41Z")
> [@pagaille](#):
>
> `const airplay = new shairportSync();`
It is likely the constructor is inside the import e.g....
```auto
const airplay = new shairportSync.shairportSync();
```
... But I don't know it's name.
Try adding it to the msg so you can inspect it in the debug sidebar...
```auto
msg.payload = shairportSync;
return msg;
```
---
### Author:  [@pagaille](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pagaille)
#### Post date: [15 April 2022 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321/3 "2022-04-15T09:44:44Z")
Good idea, thanks.
I tried `const airplay = new shairportSync.ShairportSync();` but it crashed node-red :
```auto
[red] Uncaught Exception:
[error] Error: spawn shairport-sync ENOENT
```
I'm not fluent in js and therefore might not understand exactly what I'm doing 😊
Inspecting reports this :
```auto
object :
ShairportSync: function
Output: function
Stream: function
Pipe: function
Stdout: function
```
The source code for the module is here : [GitHub - JJK801/node-shairport-sync: Node.js wrapper for shairport-sync](https://github.com/JJK801/node-shairport-sync/), maybe it will give you some idea ?
---
### Author:  [@pagaille](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pagaille)
#### Post date: [15 April 2022 15:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321/4 "2022-04-15T15:02:23Z")
A bit more details :
So I do this in setup :
```auto
import shairport-sync as shairportsync
```
(first field : `shairport-sync`, second field : `shairportsync`)
then
```auto
const airplay = new shairportsync.ShairportSync();
airplay.name = 'My Airplay Receiver';
airplay.start();
airplay.output.stream.pipe(msg.speech);
return msg;
```
Nodered crashes and reports this in the logs :
```auto
node-red[3053]: 15 Apr 16:47:21 - [error] Error: spawn shairport-sync ENOENT
node-red[3053]: at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
node-red[3053]: at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
node-red[3053]: at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
```
The module's documentation suggest to import like this :
```auto
import {ShairportSync} from 'shairport-sync';
```
Tried to add the braces in the setup tab but that didn't work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 June 2022 15:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/implement-a-shairport-sync-airplay-server-into-node-red/61321/5 "2022-06-14T15:03:09Z")
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