help converting code for module...

[strawberry 3.141]

@justjim1220 if you don’t even have the data in js, you can also execute it in the node helper and parse the response https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_exec_command_options_callback

[justjim1220]

@strawberry-3-141

What are the chances of being able to do what I had been attempting with this?
https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn

And would it be possible to add to a current node_helper being used for linux, or would a separate node_helper or script need made?

[A Former User]

@justjim1220

exec(“YOUR-SHELL-COMMAND”, (error, stdout, stderr)=>{
  console.log(stdout)
  // do your job with `stdout`
})

I think you can get the result of any execution of shell script.

[justjim1220]

@sean

Not sure I follow …

what would be my ‘shell command’?

[A Former User]

@justjim1220
**
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-temperature
**
I don’t know anything about your intention, but ‘get-temperature’ could be executable in your shell or terminal, it could be the one.

[justjim1220]

@sean

Yes, that is the command to get the temps from the PC using powershell or command prompt…

BUT, where to use the command in node_helper.js?

OR, where to use the command in the module.js file?

[sdetweil]

@justjim1220 let’s look at the design of your module.

How often do u need to get the temps?
Is it on a timer, or some other mechanism?

Anyhow, on that cycle, you would issue the ‘run’ of the powershell app in the node_helper.js, and capture it’s output.

Then process the output, remove all the useless data. Then send the raw data to the module.js, who will then format the HTML in the get_dom() function for display

[A Former User]

@justjim1220

const exec = require('child_process').exec
var NodeHelper = require("node_helper")

module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
  socketNotificationReceived: function(noti, payload) {
    if (noti == "GIVE_ME_RESULT") {
      setTimeout(()=>{
        exec("C:\WINDOWS\system32\get-temperature", //I don't know WINDOWS system at all. Is it right?
          (err, sto, ste) => {
            if (!err) {
              this.sendSocketNotification("HERE_IS_RESULT", sto)
            } else {
              console.log("Error", err)
            }
          }
        )
      }, 1000)
    }
  }
})

It isn’t tested. But you can catch the idea.