luk- / node-chrome

Node.js + Chrome = Networked Desktop Apps. Simple.

NAME

node-chrome(3)

SYNOPSIS

Make desktop apps with Node.js and Chrome

DESCRIPTION

This module demonstrates how well Node.js and Google Chrome (as two autonomous binaries) can cooperate wihtout much programatic interfacing. Node-chrome is the absolute least amount of glue needed to create a desktop experience with Node.js. The module will run on platforms that Chrome and Node.js run on.

EXAMPLES

The runtime can point to an existing Chrome binary. You could also bundle a copy of it with your project. Bundling it means you can change the icon and other such. things.

#!/usr/bin/env node

var nc = require('node-chrome');

var opts = {
  runtime: "/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome",
  files: "./ui",
  port: 8080,
  index: "/index.html",
  width: 1024,
  height: 760
};

nc(opts, function(websocket, chrome) {

  // output from the socket.
  websocket.on('message', function(message) {
    console.log(message);
  });

  // output from the chrome runtime.
  chrome.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
  });

  // when the user quits the app.
  chrome.on('exit', function (code) {
    process.exit(0);
  });
});