@shahidcodes/threadifier

Threadifier

Motivation

Node has recently added worker_thread, giving us ability to run long running synchronous tasks in a separate thread. But API is not very seamless. Threadifier allows you to run any function in different thread seamlessly through its easy to use promise based api. It uses worker_threads module to run the given function in a new thread and return the response asynchronously so your event loop keeps running.

Get started

npm i @shahidcodes/threadifier

Usage

Run a function in different thread.

const Threadifier = require("@shahidcodes/threadifier");

function runTask(arg) {
  let i = 0;
  for (let index = 0; index < 99999999; index++) {
    i++;
  }
  return `worked- loop count ${i}, arg: ${JSON.stringify(arg)}`;
}

const args = { name: "Shahid" };

Threadifier.run(runTask, args)
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error);

Contribution

You're free to submit PRs. There are no build/tests yet. But it is in roadmap.

Contact

Feel free to contact me on twitter.com/shahidcodes