Spawn a child_process and run a function in it. Get the function's results on your main process using a stream or callback
npm install spawn-function
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
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)
})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()
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)
})