calvinmetcalf / workerstream

use HTML5 web workers with the node stream API

workerstream

npm install workerstream

use HTML5 web workers with the node streams API

var workstream = require('workerstream')
var worker = workerstream('my-worker.js')

worker is a stream and speaks stream events: data, error and end. that means you can pipe worker output to anything that accepts streams, such as an XHR. you can also pipe data into workers (such as a webcam feed or audio data)

example

in your app:

var worker = workerstream('worker.js')
worker.on('data', function(data) {
  console.log(data)
})
worldWorker.on('error', function(e) { console.log('err', e)})
worldWorker.write({ hello: 'world' })

the worker code (worker.js above):

self.onmessage = function(event) {
  console.log(event.data)
  self.postMessage({whats: 'up'})
}

transferable objects

worker.write(arraybuffer, [arraybuffer])

MIT LICENSE