rnodejs - A convenience package for wrapping node.js modules

this package is pre-alpha

This package is a tool for wrapping node.js modules inside R packages. Node
modules are included in the R package itself, and rnodejs will install dependencies in the R package
directory, including binary dependencies that can not be hosted on CRAN.

Package users will still need to install node itself.

Usage

• Include the node module as a directory in inst/node/.

• Create functions that call node commands like so:

  #' @import rnodejs
  my_r_fn = node_fn("module", "command") # 'command optional, e.g. ("dat", "init")
  

• Add the following to your package's .onAttach():

  check_node_installed()
  check_node_fn_deps("nodemodule", r_package="yourpackagename")

• Pass command line arguments

  my_r_fn(file="foo.txt") # equivalent to `module command --file="foo.txt"`
  

• By default, my_r_fn() will return a list of output (0/1), stdout and stderr