# worker-client-server

> WorkerClient/WorkerServer

Latest version **0.3.1** (published 2016-08-07) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install worker-client-server
pnpm add worker-client-server
yarn add worker-client-server
bun add worker-client-server
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 |
| Published | 2016-08-07 |
| First published | 2016-08-06 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | narazaka |
| Maintainers | narazaka |
| Keywords | web, worker |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/worker-client-server
- Repository: https://github.com/Narazaka/WorkerClientServer
- Homepage: https://github.com/Narazaka/WorkerClientServer#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/Narazaka/WorkerClientServer/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/worker-client-server

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## Recent versions

- 0.3.1 (latest) — 2016-08-07
- 0.3.0 — 2016-08-07
- 0.2.3 — 2016-08-06

## README

WorkerClientServer - WorkerClient/WorkerServer
==========================

WebWorker client/server

Installation
--------------------------

    bower install WorkerClientServer

Usage
--------------------------

### Browser

#### worker script

    importScripts('WorkerServer.js');
    
    var handlers = {
      foo: function(value){
        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
          resolve {contents: value + "bar"};
        });
      },
      bigdata: function(values){
        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
          ...
          var data = new Uint8Array(1000);
          resolve {contents: {baz: data}, transferable: [data.buffer]};
        });
      },
    };
    
    var server = new WorkerServer(handlers);

#### browser script

    var worker = new Worker('./worker.js');
    var client = new WorkerClient(worker);
    
    // or
    
    var worker_url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([worker_code], {type:"text/javascript"}));
    var client = new URLWorkerClient(worker_url, true);
    
    // or
    
    var client = new InlineWorkerClient(worker_code, true);
    
    client.request("foo", "data").then(function(contents){
      console.log(contents); // "databar"
    }, function(error){...});
    
    var data = new Uint8Array(1000);
    client.request("bigdata", {boo: data}, [data.buffer]).then(function(contents){
      console.log(contents.baz);
    }, function(error){...});

### node.js or nw.js with `child_process.fork()`

#### worker script

    var WorkerServer = require('WorkerServer.js');
    
    var handlers = {
      foo: function(value){
        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
          resolve {contents: value + "bar"};
        });
      },
    };
    
    var server = new WorkerServer(handlers);

#### main/browser script

    var WorkerClient = require('WorkerClient.js');
    var child_process = require('child_process');
    
    var worker = child_process.fork('./worker.js');
    var client = new WorkerClient(worker);
    
    client.request("foo", "data").then(function(contents){
      console.log(contents); // "databar"
    }, function(error){...});

API
--------------------------

read the doc/ or *.coffee docs

License
--------------------------

This is released under [MIT License](http://narazaka.net/license/MIT?2015).

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