Child Process

Child Process is a built-in module in Node.js. It is used to run commands in the terminal.

This implementation in Djot is a wrapper around the built-in module.

To use it in your application, import it from #djot/child_process, and the first argument is the method you want to use from the built-in module.

The methods are promisified, so you can use async/await with them.

Full NodeJS documentation: https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html

Note

The exec method is used in the example below, but you can use any of the methods from the built-in module.

Beta Note

The current imeplementation and documentation is in beta and is subject to change.

The current implementation is a patch solution to allow the use of the built-in module in Djot - it is not the final solution.

Usage

import childProcess from '#djot/child_process'

const exec = (...args) => childProcess('exec', ...args)

export const App = () => {
  const [output, setOutput] = React.useState('')

  const handleClick = async () => {
    const { stdout } = await exec('ls', ['-a'])
    setOutput(stdout)
  }

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={handleClick}>Run</button>
      <pre>{output}</pre>
    </>
  )
}

import childProcess from '#djot/child_process'

const exec = (...args) => childProcess('exec', ...args)

export const App = () => {
  const [output, setOutput] = React.useState('')

  const handleClick = async () => {
    const { stdout } = await exec('ls', ['-a'])
    setOutput(stdout)
  }

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={handleClick}>Run</button>
      <pre>{output}</pre>
    </>
  )
}