Quarantine

Run dangerous, dirty code without (too much) fear.

Usage:

var quarantine = require("quarantine")(timeoutInMilliseconds);
quarantine([context], stringifiedScript, [callback])

Examples:

Success

var quarantine = require("quarantine")(500);

quarantine({foo: "bar"}, "(function(){return foo;})()", console.log);

result:

null 'bar'

Catching errors

var quarantine = require("quarantine")(500);

quarantine("(function(){require('fs');})()", console.log);

result:

[Error: require is not defined]

Catching evil

var quarantine = require("quarantine")(500);

quarantine("(function(){while(true);})()", console.log);

result:

{ [Error: Worker timed out!] code: 'E_WORKER_TIMEOUT' }