A script to view the validation message stream on the XRP Ledger

valstream.js

// npm i ripple-lib
// node valstream.js

const RippleAPI = require("ripple-lib").RippleAPI;
var api = new RippleAPI({ server: "wss://s1.ripple.com" });

api.connect().then(() => {

  api.connection.on('validationReceived', (event) => {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(event, null, 2))
  })

  api.request('subscribe', {
      streams: [ 'validations' ]
  }).catch(error => {
      console.log("Error subscribing")
  })
})