unified-worker

A unified interface for web and node.js Workers.

Installation

npm i @dandre3000/unified-worker

Usage

import { isMainThread, unifiedParentPort, UnifiedWorker } from '@dandre3000/unified-worker'

if (isMainThread) {
    const worker = new UnifiedWorker(new URL(import.meta.url))

    worker.addEventListener('message', ({ data }) => {
        console.log(data)
        worker.postMessage('from main thread')
    })
} else {
    unifiedParentPort.addEventListener('message', ({ data }) => console.log(data))
    unifiedParentPort.postMessage('from worker')
}

Exports

isMainThread: boolean

class UnifiedPort extends EventTarget

postMessage (message: any, transfer: Transferable[]): void

unifiedParentPort: UnifiedPort

class UnifiedWorker extends UnifiedPort

constructor (url: string | URL)

terminate (): Promise<number | void>