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Use nectar without using hive-nectar?
Been trying to get the attention of people for our proposal and just to show people how important this stuff is to me, I step out of my comfort zone and try to show how it could be important for people that don't even
# Let me explain...
Been trying to get the attention of people for our [proposal](https://peakd.com/me/proposals/339) and just to show people how important this stuff is to me, I step out of my comfort zone and try to show how it could be important for people that don't even use python or [hive-nectar](https://github.com/thecrazygm/hive-nectar).
The account_json_metadata of @nectarflower, which when done will be updated hourly, contains a the list of working nodes and benchmarks against them. I'm running it daily as I'm still working out bugs and make it nice. Along with the [metrics and pretty output](https://peakd.com/hive/@nectarflower/20250329-full-api-node-update-29-03-2025) that @nectarflower will put out daily.
Seems like something pretty useful? No?
So, I broke out of my comfort zone and wrote a little function in javascript to use dhive to query the data and create a new instance with the updated nodelist. So, now my dhive apps and scripts will use the most up to date nodelist based on benchmark scores. **Pretty sweet I think**.
```javascript
// Example usage
updateNodesFromAccount('nectarflower')
.then(updatedClient => {
console.log('Node update complete');
// Use the updated client for further operations
return updatedClient.database.getDynamicGlobalProperties();
})
.then(result => {
console.log('Test query with updated client successful:', result.head_block_number);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error('Error:', error);
});
```
I don't know about you, but I hate when my scripts and cron jobs and such die because your favorite node is down. I find it frustrating, and the @fullnodeupdate account hasn't been updated since '22, which is what beem uses. Well, in order to make [hive-nectar](https://github.com/thecrazygm/hive-nectar) work as it's supposed to, that is a very integral part of it. So, I've been reverse engineering the benchmarks and output to match as close as possible, with some bonus data.
The full source of the `updateNodesFromAccount{'nectarflower')` example can be found it's own github repo here: https://github.com/TheCrazyGM/nectarflower-js
So, even if you don't believe that ~~beem~~ hive-nectar needs to exist, I feel it's pretty important stuff that we are doing for the community as a whole.
Maybe this will help someone, maybe it won't. But it is the kind of stuff I do daily just because I enjoy doing it. Perhaps you will support our vision:
[Proposal 339: A modular open-source development framework with critical library maintenance.](https://peakd.com/me/proposals/339)
As always,
Michael Garcia a.k.a. TheCrazyGM