Child-ReProcess

ReasonML bindings for Node.js child_process module

Installation

npm i child-reprocess

then add it as a dependency to bsconfig.json

{
    ...
    "bs-dependencies": ["child-reprocess"]
}

Design decisions

1. Module Structure:

   • ChildReprocess : the main module
     • Util : unrelated utility functions/operators
     • StdStream : simple event-focused stream bindings
       • Writeable : writeable stream event bindings (stdout, stderr)
       • Readable : readable stream event bindings (stdin)

2. ~option objects are pure javascript objects (Js.t({..}))

3. Event handlers are defined as separate functions. Example:

   const cp = require("child_process")
   let process = cp.spawn(
     "youtube-dl", 
     ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15CXY6JAqbk"]
   );
   
   process.stdout.on(
     "data", 
     chunk => console.log(String(chunk)),
   );

   is equivalent to:

   open ChildReprocess.Util;      /* <.> (functional composition) */
   open ChildReprocess.StdStream; /* Readable */
      
   let process =
     ChildReprocess.spawn(
       "youtube-dl",
       [|"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15CXY6JAqbk"|],
       (),
     );
   process
     ->child_stdout
     ->Readable.on_data(
       Js.log <.> Node_buffer.toString
     );