orlandov / node-hydracp

spawn and communicate with child processes

NAME

hydracp - spawn and communicate with child processes in pure javascript

SYNOPSIS

In the parent:

var fork = require('../lib/hydracp').fork;

var child = fork(__dirname + '/child.js', ['some', 'args']);

child.send({ hello: 'world' });

child.on('message', function (msg) {
  console.log("Got a message from the little baby");
  console.dir(msg);
});

In the child:

console.log("In the child");
process.on('message', function (msg) {
  console.log("Yep got message");
  console.dir(msg);
  setTimeout(function () {
    process.send({ ping: 'pong' });
  }, 1000);
});

Running the parent:

$ node parent.js
In the child
Yep got message
{ hello: 'world' }
Got a message from the little baby
{ ping: 'pong' }

DESCRIPTION

The hydracp library provides a way to lauch child node processes and then send and receive messages. It does not rely on on-disk sockets.

TODO

• Add ability to create and destroy arbitrary socketpair streams to child processes, particularly binary byte streams.

AUTHOR

Orlando Vazquez [e-mail] (http://joyent.com)

LICENSE

MIT