const zmq = require('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/zmq'); sub = zmq.socket('sub'); //subscribe to only cat topic sub.subscribe("cat"); sub.on('message' , function(topic , data) { let msg = JSON.parse(data), date = new Date(msg.time); console.log( topic + ' file has got change : ' + date); }); sub.connect('tcp://localhost:3000');