How to wait for a child process to finish in Node.js?

Question

I\'m running a Python script through a child process in Node.js, like this:

require(\'child_process\').exec(\'python celulas.py\', function (error, stdout, s         


        

Answer 1

In my opinion, the best way to handle this is by implementing an event emitter. When the first spawn finishes, emit an event that indicates that it is complete.

const { spawn } = require('child_process');
const events = require('events');
const myEmitter = new events.EventEmitter();


firstSpawn = spawn('echo', ['hello']);
firstSpawn.on('exit'), (exitCode) => {
    if (parseInt(code) !== 0) {
        //Handle non-zero exit
    }
    myEmitter.emit('firstSpawn-finished');
}

myEmitter.on('firstSpawn-finished', () => {
    secondSpawn = spawn('echo', ['BYE!'])
})