> I have no problem using phantom as a child process ...

How do you control it? Does it support commands issued via stout or somehow 
else?

On Saturday, 25 January 2014 00:11:47 UTC+4, Mark Hahn wrote:
>
> I have no problem using phantom as a child process. You can communicate 
> with it while it is running.  I would imagine one could write a module to 
> make the interaction quite transparent.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:02 AM, // ravi <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Alexey Petrushin 
>> <[email protected]<javascript:>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > PhantomJS ...
>>
>> But does it works with node.js? I heard it needs to maintain its own 
>> control over the loop.
>>
>>
>>
>> IIUC it does not integrate with NodeJS for the reason you mention: 
>> control over the loop. Here’s the section from the FAQ:
>>
>> http://phantomjs.org/faq.html
>>
>> Q: Why is PhantomJS not written as Node.js module?
>>
>> A: The short answer: "No one can serve two masters."
>>
>> A longer explanation is as follows.
>>
>> As of now, it is technically very challenging to do so.
>>
>> Every Node.js module is essentially "a slave" to the core of Node.js, 
>> i.e. "the master". In its current state, PhantomJS (and its included 
>> WebKit) needs to have the full control (in a synchronous matter) over 
>> everything: event loop, network stack, and JavaScript execution.
>>
>> If the intention is just about using PhantomJS right from a script 
>> running within Node.js, such a "loose binding" can be achieved by launching 
>> a PhantomJS process and interact with it.
>>
>>
>>
>> —ravi
>>
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