Is there an equivalent to node-daemon that allows a persistent JavaScript function, where messages to be read and processed in a loop? Looking at the daemon source, it appears the input functionality is provided by node.on("input", function), however using this in a function results in... "Error: C…

I understand Node-RED is calling the JavaScript defined in the function node when a message comes in. The node-daemon node appears to allow a persistent process to handle messages via stdin/stdout/stderr. The called process is able to maintain state internally. I am wanting to know if there is an eq…

The code you write for a function node is already inside the "on input" call. Inside a function node you can just use local in memory context eg. context.myvar rather than set get.

Thank you. That makes the code a lot tidier.

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bakman2 8 April 2019 03:53 2

The way you describe it, this is exactly what node-red is and does.

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