Get a scuttlebot client instance. If scuttlebot isn't running, start it in the background, and keep it running until all the clients have disconnected.

var createSsbParty = require('ssb-party')

• opts.keys: an ssb-keys instance. default loads from ~/.ssb/secret
• opts.host: host to connect to or start the server on. default "localhost"
• opts.port: port to connect to or start the server on. default 8008
• opts.appKey: secret-stack capability key (Buffer). default sbot's appKey

Other properties of the opts object will be used as ssb-config overrides, but if the server is already running, these will not affect the existing server's config.

simplest case: connect to or start a local sbot:

var party = require('ssb-party')

party(function (err, sbot) {
  // ...
})

• config.timers.keepalive: minimum time (ms) to keep the server online after the last client disconnects. default: 30s
• config.party.out: where to put standard output of sbot. may be a path (absolute, or relative to ssb's directory), or false to discard, or true to pass through to the controlling terminal. default: true
• config.party.err: where to put standard error of sbot. default: same as config.party.out

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