exec-buffer
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Run a Buffer through a child process
$ npm install exec-buffer
const fs = require('fs');
const execBuffer = require('exec-buffer');
const gifsicle = require('gifsicle').path;
execBuffer({
input: fs.readFileSync('test.gif'),
bin: gifsicle,
args: ['-o', execBuffer.output, execBuffer.input]
}).then(data => {
console.log(data);
//=> <Buffer 47 49 46 38 37 61 ...>
});
Type: Object
Type: Buffer
The Buffer to be ran through the child process.
Type: string
Path to the binary.
Type: Array
Arguments to run the binary with.
Type: string
Default: tempfile()
Where input will be written to. In most cases you don't need to set this.
Type: string
Default: tempfile()
Where output file will be written to. In most cases you don't need to set this.
Returns a temporary path to where the input file will be written.
Returns a temporary path to where the output file will be written.
MIT © Kevin Mårtensson
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Run a buffer through a child process
The npm package exec-buffer receives a total of 382,360 weekly downloads. As such, exec-buffer popularity was classified as popular.
We found that exec-buffer demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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