utilityProcess

utilityProcess creates a child process with Node.js and Message ports enabled. It provides the equivalent of child_process.fork API from Node.js but instead uses Services API from Chromium to launch the child process.

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Métodos

utilityProcess.fork(modulePath[, args][, options])

• modulePath string - Path to the script that should run as entrypoint in the child process.
• args string[] (optional) - List of string arguments that will be available as process.argv in the child process.
• options Object (opcional)
  • env Object (optional) - Environment key-value pairs. Por defecto es process.env.
  • execArgv string[] (optional) - List of string arguments passed to the executable.
  • cwd string (optional) - Current working directory of the child process.
  • stdio (string[] | string) (optional) - Allows configuring the mode for stdout and stderr of the child process. Por defecto es inherit. String value can be one of pipe, ignore, inherit, for more details on these values you can refer to stdio documentation from Node.js. Currently this option only supports configuring stdout and stderr to either pipe, inherit or ignore. Configuring stdin is not supported; stdin will always be ignored. For example, the supported values will be processed as following:
    • pipe: equivalent to ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] (the default)
    • ignore: equivalent to 'ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore']
    • inherit: equivalent to ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit']
  • serviceName string (optional) - Name of the process that will appear in name property of child-process-gone event of app. Por defecto es node.mojom.NodeService.
  • allowLoadingUnsignedLibraries boolean (optional) macOS - With this flag, the utility process will be launched via the Electron Helper (Plugin).app helper executable on macOS, which can be codesigned with com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation and com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory entitlements. This will allow the utility process to load unsigned libraries. Unless you specifically need this capability, it is best to leave this disabled. Por defecto es false.

Devuelve UtilityProcess

Class: UtilityProcess

Instances of the UtilityProcess represent the Chromium spawned child process with Node.js integration.

UtilityProcess es un EventEmitter.

Métodos de Instancia

child.postMessage(message, [transfer])

• mensaje cualquiera
• transfer MessagePortMain[] (optional)

Send a message to the child process, optionally transferring ownership of zero or more MessagePortMain objects.

Por ejemplo:

// Main process
const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannelMain()
const child = utilityProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, 'test.js'))
child.postMessage({ message: 'hello' }, [port1])

// Child process
process.parentPort.once('message', (e) => {
  const [port] = e.ports
  // ...
})

child.kill()

Devuelve boolean

Terminates the process gracefully. On POSIX, it uses SIGTERM but will ensure the process is reaped on exit. This function returns true if the kill is successful, and false otherwise.

Propiedades de la instancia

child.pid

A Integer | undefined representing the process identifier (PID) of the child process. If the child process fails to spawn due to errors, then the value is undefined. When the child process exits, then the value is undefined after the exit event is emitted.

child.stdout

A NodeJS.ReadableStream | null that represents the child process's stdout. If the child was spawned with options.stdio[1] set to anything other than 'pipe', then this will be null. When the child process exits, then the value is null after the exit event is emitted.

// Main process
const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannelMain()
const child = utilityProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, 'test.js'))
child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
  console.log(`Received chunk ${data}`)
})

child.stderr

A NodeJS.ReadableStream | null that represents the child process's stderr. If the child was spawned with options.stdio[2] set to anything other than 'pipe', then this will be null. When the child process exits, then the value is null after the exit event is emitted.

Eventos de Instancia

Event: 'spawn'

Emitted once the child process has spawned successfully.

Event: 'exit'

Devuelve:

• code number - Contains the exit code for the process obtained from waitpid on posix, or GetExitCodeProcess on windows.

Emitted after the child process ends.

Evento: 'message'

Devuelve:

• mensaje cualquiera

Emitted when the child process sends a message using process.parentPort.postMessage().