electron-stream

Write JavaScript to electron, get console output back!

Example

Boot a hidden electron instance, log to stdout and clean up:

var electron = require('electron-stream');

var browser = electron();

browser.pipe(process.stdout);

browser.write('console.log(window.location.href);');
browser.write('window.close();');
browser.end();

Output streams

electron-stream lets you read all of the console output together, or split up into stdout and stderr:

// console.log and console.error
browser.pipe(...);
browser.stdall.pipe(...);

// console.log only
browser.stdout.pipe(...);

// console.error only
browser.stderr.pipe(...);

Installation

To install as a library:

$ npm install electron-stream

To install as a binary:

$ npm install -g electron-stream
$ echo "console.log('foo');window.close()" | electron-stream

Travis

To use electron on travis, add this to your travis.yml:

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - xvfb
install:
  - export DISPLAY=':99.0'
  - Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
  - npm install

Source.

API

electron([opts])

Create a writable stream around a newly spawned electron which forwards written data to electron. This module bundles electron-prebuilt.

Options:

• show: Show the electron window. Defaults to false.
• node: Enable node integration. Defaults to false.
• basedir: Set this if you need to require node modules in node mode
• static: Serve static files from this directory at /

electron#stdout

electron#stderr

electron#stdall

Readable streams containing the console output. console.log will be forwarded to .stdout, console.error to .stderr. .stdall has them both.

electron#kill()

Kill the child process.

electron#on('exit', fn)

Emitted when the underlying electron exits. There can be multiple reasons for this:

• electron#kill() was called
• window.close() was sent as a script
• there was a fatal error

License

MIT