evented-forker

0.1.6 • Public • Published

Forker

Simple wrapper for child_process.fork & EventEmitter. Features automatic restarts of the child process in case of error, exit, close and disconnect.

  1. Installation

npm install evented-forker

  1. Usage

var Forker = require('evented-forker').Forker;

/*
	Instantiate a new Forker with:
	0: Path to the script you want to execute
	1: Timeout after a exit, close etc (ms)
	2: Setting of { silent: true } in the fork. See http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_fork_modulepath_args_options.
*/
var forker = new Forker(__dirname + '/sub.js', 1000, false);

forker.on('message', function(payload) {
	// Do something with the payload
	console.log('Message:', payload);
});

forker.on('exit', function() {
	// Forked script exited and restarted after timeout
});

forker.on('error', function() {
	// Forked script error'd and restarted after timeout
});

forker.on('disconnect', function() {
	// Forked script disconnected and restarted after timeout
});

forker.on('close', function() {
	// Forked script closed and restarted after timeout
});
  1. Alternative syntax

Forker can also be instantiated using this alternative syntax:

var forker = require('evented-forker').create(__dirname + '/sub.js', 1000, false);
  1. License

(c) 2014, Starting Point. MIT License. See LICENSE for the full text.

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