diff --git a/NatsClass.ts b/NatsClass.ts
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+import {
+  connect,
+  wsconnect,
+  deferred,
+  type Msg,
+  type NatsConnection,
+  type PublishOptions,
+  type RequestOptions,
+  type Subscription,
+  type SubscriptionOptions,
+} from "@nats-io/transport-node";
+import process from "node:process";
+
+export type IteratorResult<T> = { done: true; value?: T } | { done: false; value: T };
+
+// NatsClass provides utility functions to interact with NATS
+export default class NatsClass {
+  server: string | string[];
+  private nc: NatsConnection | null = null;
+
+  public interrupted = deferred();
+
+  constructor(server: string | string[]) {
+    // Handle termination signals
+    ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM"].forEach((signal) => {
+      process.on(signal, () => {
+        console.log("Received", signal);
+        this.interrupted.resolve();
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          console.log("forced process exit");
+          process.exit(2);
+        }, 10000);
+      });
+    });
+
+    this.server = server;
+  }
+
+  // connect to the nats server
+  connect = async () => {
+    const isWebsocket =
+      typeof this.server === "string"
+        ? this.server.startsWith("ws")
+        : this.server[0]?.startsWith("ws") ?? false;
+    this.nc = await (isWebsocket ? wsconnect : connect)({
+      servers: this.server,
+      debug: false,
+      maxReconnectAttempts: -1,
+      reconnectTimeWait: 1000,
+      ignoreClusterUpdates: false,
+      noRandomize: false,
+    });
+    console.log(`connected ${this.nc.getServer()}`);
+  };
+
+  // close the connection to the nats server
+  close = async () => {
+    if (this.nc) {
+      await this.nc.flush();
+      await this.nc.drain();
+      this.nc = null;
+    }
+  };
+
+  // get the server version
+  serverVersion = (): string => {
+    return this.nc?.info?.version ?? "Not connected";
+  };
+
+  // publish a message to the nats server
+  publish = (
+    subject: string,
+    data: string | Uint8Array,
+    options?: PublishOptions
+  ) => {
+    if (!this.nc) {
+      throw new Error("Not connected");
+    }
+    return this.nc.publish(subject, data, options);
+  };
+
+  // publish data as json, only if data is not a string
+  publishJson = (subject: string, data: any, options?: PublishOptions) => {
+    const payload = typeof data === "string" ? data : JSON.stringify(data);
+    return this.publish(subject, payload, options);
+  };
+
+  // publish data as json, only if data is not a string
+  publishWithType = async <T>(
+    subject: string,
+    data?: T,
+    options?: PublishOptions
+  ): Promise<void> => {
+    await this.publishJson(subject, data, options);
+  };
+
+  // sends a request and returns the response message
+  request = (
+    subject: string,
+    data?: string | Uint8Array,
+    options?: RequestOptions
+  ): Promise<Msg> => {
+    if (!this.nc) {
+      throw new Error("Not connected");
+    }
+    return this.nc.request(subject, data, options);
+  };
+
+  requestJson = (
+    subject: string,
+    data?: any,
+    options?: RequestOptions
+  ): Promise<Msg> => {
+    const payload = typeof data === "string" ? data : JSON.stringify(data);
+    return this.request(subject, payload, options);
+  };
+
+  // request with request and response type
+  requestWithType = async <TRequest, TResponse>(
+    subject: string,
+    data?: TRequest,
+    options?: RequestOptions
+  ): Promise<TResponse> => {
+    const msg = await this.requestJson(subject, data, options);
+    return msg.json<TResponse>();
+  };
+
+  // flush the connection to the nats server
+  flush = async () => {
+    if (!this.nc) {
+      throw new Error("Not connected");
+    }
+    await this.nc.flush();
+  };
+
+  // subscribe to a subject, calls nats subscribe function
+  subscribe = (subject: string, opts?: SubscriptionOptions): Subscription => {
+    if (!this.nc) {
+      throw new Error("Not connected");
+    }
+    return this.nc.subscribe(subject, opts);
+  };
+
+  subscribeCb = (
+    subject: string, 
+    callback: (err: Error | null, msg: Msg) => void,
+    opts?: SubscriptionOptions
+  ): Subscription => {
+    if (!this.nc) {
+      throw new Error("Not connected");
+    }
+    const subOpts = {
+      ...opts,
+      callback,
+    };
+    return this.nc.subscribe(subject, subOpts);
+  };
+
+  // subscribe to a subject and decode messages to specified type
+  subscribeToType = <T>(
+    subject: string,
+    opts?: SubscriptionOptions
+  ): AsyncIterableIterator<T> => {
+    const sub = this.subscribe(subject, opts);
+    const iterator = sub[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    return {
+      async next(): Promise<IteratorResult<T>> {
+        const result = await iterator.next();
+        if (result.done) {
+          return result;
+        }
+        return {
+          done: false,
+          value: result.value.json<T>(),
+        };
+      },
+      [Symbol.asyncIterator]() {
+        return this;
+      },
+    };
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/PlugisClass.ts b/PlugisClass.ts
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+++ b/PlugisClass.ts
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+import { CloudEvent } from "cloudevents";
+import NatsClass from "./NatsClass";
+
+export class PlugisClass extends NatsClass {
+  constructor(server: string | string[]) {
+    super(server);
+  }
+
+  async variableSet(variable: string, value: string) {
+    const ce = new CloudEvent({
+      type: "com.plugis.variable.set",
+      source: "/plugis/variable",
+      data: { variable, value },
+    });
+    this.publishJson("variable.set.>", ce);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d916be..4468b1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # plugis-client
 
-plugis client for typescript / bun
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+plugis client for typescript / bun
+
+npm config set @plugis:registry https://git.fibre.plugis.com/api/packages/telemac/npm/
+npm config set -- '//git.fibre.plugis.com/api/packages/telemac/npm/:_authToken' "{token}"
diff --git a/bunfig.toml b/bunfig.toml
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+++ b/bunfig.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[install.scopes]
+# as an object with username/password
+# you can reference environment variables
+"@plugis" = {
+  username = "telemac",
+  url = "https://git.fibre.plugis.com/"
+}
diff --git a/heartbeat-subscribe.ts b/heartbeat-subscribe.ts
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+++ b/heartbeat-subscribe.ts
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+import { type HeartbeatSent } from "../../../cloudevents/com.plugis/heartbeat/Sent/types/ts/heartbeatSent.d";
+import { CloudEvent } from "cloudevents";
+import NatsClass from "./NatsClass";
+import process from "node:process";
+import { PlugisClass } from "./PlugisClass";
+
+const nats = new PlugisClass("ws://nats.plugis.cloud:8222");
+await nats.connect();
+console.log("server version", nats.serverVersion());
+
+// publish a heartbeat cloud event every 30 seconds
+setInterval(() => {
+  const heartbeatSent: HeartbeatSent = {
+    hostname: process.env.HOSTNAME || require('os').hostname(),
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    mac: "00:11:22:33:44:55",
+    ip: "192.168.1.100",
+    started: new Date().toISOString(),
+    uptime: 1000,
+    version: "1.0.0",
+    "nats-service": "test-service",
+    os: process.platform,
+    arch: process.arch
+  };
+  const ce = new CloudEvent({
+    type: "com.plugis.heartbeat.Sent",
+    source: `${import.meta.url}#${new Error().stack?.split('\n')[1]?.split(':')[1] || '0'}`,
+    data: heartbeatSent,
+  });
+  nats.publishJson("com.plugis.heartbeat.Sent.TEST", ce);
+}, 1000*60);
+
+// subscribe using a callback
+const _sub = nats.subscribeCb("remote.*.event", (err, msg) => {
+  if (err) {
+    console.error("error", err);
+    return;
+  }
+  const ce = msg.json<CloudEvent<Waypoint>>();
+  const waypoint = ce.data as Waypoint;
+
+  console.log("msg", msg.subject, "data", msg.string());
+});
+
+// subscribe using an iterator
+const cloudEventsIterator = nats.subscribeToType<CloudEvent<HeartbeatSent>>("com.plugis.heartbeat.Sent.>");
+(async () => {
+  for await (const ce of cloudEventsIterator) {
+    const heartbeatSent = ce.data as HeartbeatSent;
+    console.log("received cloud event", ce);
+  }
+})();
+
+// wait until the process is interrupted
+await nats.interrupted;
+console.log("interrupted");
+
+// close nats connection
+await nats.close();
+console.log("nats.close done");
+process.exit(0);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "plugis-client",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "type": "module",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "registry": "https://git.fibre.plugis.com"
+  }
+}
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