node-fork-rpc

RPC Wrapper for NodeJS fork messages.

This simple wrapper allows you to call methods in your child process as though they were local to your parent process.

Limitations: Parameters must be serializable! No functions, sockets or any other type of system resource.

Features: The last parameter you send will be checked to see if it is a function. If it is, that function will be made available as a call back to your child process.

Install: npm install node-fork-rpc

Usage from Parent Process:

var nodeFork = require('node-fork-rpc');

var passedApi = require('passedApi');

nodeFork.run("full path to passedApi", function(childProcessRef) {
	childProcessRef.one("One Tada", function(info) {
		console.log("One Got back:", info);
	});
	childProcessRef.two("Two Tada", function(info){
		console.log("Two got back:", info);
	});
});

Usage for child process:

var passedApi = require("passedApi"), nodeFork = require("node-fork-rpc");

nodeFork.register(passedApi);

Passed Api:

module.exports = {
	getApi: function(register, isChild){
		register({
			one: function(doOne, callback) {
				console.log("One Boo", arguments);
				callback("One boo calling back");
			},
			two: function(doTwo, callback) {
				console.log("Two Boo", arguments);
				callback("Two boo calling back");
			}
		})
	}
}

TODO:

1. Add some way to monitor/restart child process