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Run a piece of code whenever the javascript-process stops/exits/quits. On browsers, nodejs, electron, react-native, .net-core. It also ensures that the exit-function is called only once.
You should use this module when your write a npm-library where you dont know in which environments the users will run it.
unload
handle?When nodejs:
process.on('beforeExit')
process.on('exit')
process.on('SIGINT')
process.on('uncaughtException')
When browser:
window.addEventListener('beforeunload')
When electron:
app.on('window-all-closed')
Installation:
npm install unload --save
Add a function which runs when the process exits:
var unload = require('unload');
unload.add(function(){
console.log("Ouch, I'm dying.");
});
Add and remove the function (It will no longer run when the process exits):
var unload = require('unload');
var stopListen = unload.add(function(){
console.log("Ouch, I'm dying.");
});
stopListen(); // removes the event-listeners
Run all previously added functions:
var unload = require('unload');
unload.add(function(){
console.log("Ouch, I'm dying.");
});
unload.runAll();
Remove all added functions (They will no longer run when the process exits):
var unload = require('unload');
unload.add(function(){
console.log("Ouch, I'm dying.");
});
unload.removeAll();
FAQs
Execute code when the js-process exits. On all javascript-environments
The npm package unload receives a total of 1,577,194 weekly downloads. As such, unload popularity was classified as popular.
We found that unload 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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