I meant interactive control of phantom.js via child_process (not issuing 
just one command by supplying argv when it start) is it possible?

On Saturday, 25 January 2014 02:14:49 UTC+4, Alexey Petrushin wrote:
>
> > 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]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Alexey Petrushin <[email protected]> 
>>> 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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