https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket

Turns ChildProcess IPC into WebSocket
https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket

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Turns ChildProcess IPC into WebSocket

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket
• Owner: compulim
• Created: 2018-05-13T19:30:34.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-19T22:48:53.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-17T13:11:42.659Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 193 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md

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# childprocess-websocket

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Turns [`ChildProcess`](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html) IPC into Web Socket.

# Background

Instead of learning/using different API for different communication channels, we should unite them into a single interface pattern, either [MessagePort](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MessagePort) or [WebSocket](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket).

# How to use

```js

const childProcess = ChildProcess.fork('echo.js');

const webSocket = new ChildProcessWebSocket(childProcess);

webSocket.onmessage = event => {

  // Could be either a string or Buffer

  console.log(event.data);

};

webSocket.send('Hello, World!');

```

> Instead of subscribing to `onmessage`, you can also subscribe using `on('message', handler)`.

Note that when `ChildProcessWebSocket` is constructed, the IPC channel is already established. So we assume Web Socket is already opened, thus, no `open` event will be emitted.

# Contributions

Like us? [Star](https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket/stargazers) us.

Want to make it better? [File](https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket/issues) us an issue.

Don't like something you see? [Submit](https://github.com/compulim/childprocess-websocket/pulls) a pull request.