Node.js run a java program?

Question

I have a simple nodejs server up and running. I am running into trouble when I try to spawn a child process. the jar file I am trying to access, is in the same directory as the

Answer 1

You're executing java. -jar and done.jar are arguments to pass.

var child = require('child_process').spawn(
  'java', ['-jar', 'done.jar', 'argument to pass in']
);

You will also need to specify the full path to java, or make sure that java is specified in the OS path.