fork-pool

A generic child process pool for Node.js

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import forkPool from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/fork-pool';
</script>

README

Fork-Pool

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Installation

npm install fork-pool

Basic Use

// Parent process
var Pool    = new pool(__dirname + '/child.js', null, null, {});
Pool.enqueue('hello', function (err, obj) {
    console.dir(obj);   // FTW!
});
// Child process
process.on('message', function (message) {
    process.send('world');
});

Parameters

  • path: Child process path (generally, you will want to prefix with "__dirname")
  • args: Child process arguments
  • options: Child process options
  • settings: Pool settings
    • name (Optional, Defaults to "fork-pool")
    • size (Optional, Defaults to # of CPUs)
    • log (Optional, Defaults to false)
    • timeout (Optional, Defaults to 30000ms)

Testing

npm test