spawnFunction

Spawn a child_process and run a function in it. Get the function's results on your main process using a stream or callback

Install

npm install spawn-function

Usage

Callback mode

spawnFunction(isolatedFunction[, options][, callback])

• isolatedFunction: Function to be executed on the spawned process. Must be a self-contained/isolated function
• options: Object to be passed to child_process.spawn()
• callback(error, data): Callback to be called when isoldatedFunction is done

Example

let spawnFunction = require('spawn-function')
 
spawnFunction(function () {
  let fib = function (n) {
    if (n < 2)
      return 1
    else
      return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1)
  }
  return fib(41)
}, function (error, data) {
  if (error) return console.log(error)
  console.log('Fibonacci result is', data)
})
 

Stream mode

let stream = spawnFunction(isolatedFunction[, options])

• stream: Returned stream
• isolatedFunction: Function to be executed on the spawned process. Must be a self-contained/isolated function.
• options: Object to be passed to child_process.spawn()

Example

let stream = spawnFunction(function () {
  return 1
})
 
let chunk = []
stream.on('data', function (data) {
  chunk.push(data)
})
 
stream.on('end', function () {
  console.log(chunk.join(''))
})
 
stream.on('error', function (err) {
  console.log(err)
})