Supe Add-On: Start Citizen on Signal

Send signals to a supervisor to start a citizen

Install

npm install --save supe-addon-start-citizen-signal

Setup

supervisor

var supe = require('supe')(),
    start_citizen_on_signal_addon = require('supe-addon-start-citizen-signal');

supervisor.use( start_citizen_on_signal_addon );

supervisor.register( 'homepage-checker', './citizens/homepage-checker' );

Usage

citizen

var citizen = require('supe'),
    minute_in_ms = 1000 * 60;

// run homepage checker every five mins
  setInterval( start_homepage_checker, 5 * minute_in_ms );

function start_homepage_checker(){
  citizen.signal.send( 'START-CITIZEN', { citizen: 'homepage-checker' });
}