pm2-bridge

pm2-bridge is tiny library that enable you to easily send messages/commands and receive a reply between two pm2 processes.

Usage

Install pm2 and pm2-bridge module

npm i -g pm2
pm2 install pm2-bridge 

Install pm2-bridge client

npm install pm2-bridge

Sender script

// sender.js
const pm2Bridge = require('pm2-bridge');

setInterval(() => {
    pm2Bridge.send({
        to: 'receiver', // send something to the process with the pm2 name 'receiver'
        data: 'ping' // Send some data along
    }).then(function(message) {
        // Receive the receiver's reply
        console.log(message.data); // pong
    }, function(err) {
        // Something went wrong :(
        // for example the receiver was not found
        console.error(err)
    });
}, 2000);

Receiver script

// receiver.js
const pm2Bridge = require('pm2-bridge');

pm2Bridge.onMessage(function(message, context) {
    console.log(message); // {from: 'sender', data: 'ping'}
    context.reply('pong'); // Reply to the sender
});

Start the scripts and watch them communicate

pm2 start receiver.js sender.js
pm2 logs

Options

pm2Bridge.onMessage(function cb(data, context) {console.log(data);}):

• data:
  • from: the name of the pm2 process that sent the message
  • data: the data that the sender sent along
• context :
  • reply(data): You can call this function with your answer data

pm2Bridge.send(message).then(response => {}):

• message:
  • data: the content of the message to be passed
  • to: the pm2 name of the process to which the message is destined to
  • timeout (optional): response timeout in ms, defaults to 2 seconds.

pm2Bridge.send returns a promise fulfills with the response message, and rejects when one of the following happens:

• pm2Bridge.send was given invalid arguments
• No receiver with the specified pm2 name could be found
• Timeout exceeded. There are 2 possible reasons for this error. (1) The pm2-bridge manager is not launched so it could not handle the message. (2) The receiver received the message but did not reply to it.

LICENSE

MIT