Node.js v7.6.0 Documentation

Table of Contents

• About this Documentation
  • Stability Index
  • JSON Output
  • Syscalls and man pages
• Usage
  • Example
• C/C++ Addons
  • Hello world
    • Building
    • Linking to Node.js' own dependencies
    • Loading Addons using require()
  • Native Abstractions for Node.js
  • Addon examples
    • Function arguments
    • Callbacks
    • Object factory
    • Function factory
    • Wrapping C++ objects
    • Factory of wrapped objects
    • Passing wrapped objects around
    • AtExit hooks
      • void AtExit(callback, args)
• Assert
  • assert(value[, message])
  • assert.deepEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.doesNotThrow(block[, error][, message])
  • assert.equal(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.fail(actual, expected, message, operator)
  • assert.ifError(value)
  • assert.notDeepEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.notDeepStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.notEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.notStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.ok(value[, message])
  • assert.strictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
  • assert.throws(block[, error][, message])
• Buffer
  • Buffer.from(), Buffer.alloc(), and Buffer.allocUnsafe()
    • The --zero-fill-buffers command line option
    • What makes Buffer.allocUnsafe() and Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow() "unsafe"?
  • Buffers and Character Encodings
  • Buffers and TypedArray
  • Buffers and ES6 iteration
  • Class: Buffer
    • new Buffer(array)
    • new Buffer(buffer)
    • new Buffer(arrayBuffer[, byteOffset [, length]])
    • new Buffer(size)
    • new Buffer(string[, encoding])
    • Class Method: Buffer.alloc(size[, fill[, encoding]])
    • Class Method: Buffer.allocUnsafe(size)
    • Class Method: Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size)
    • Class Method: Buffer.byteLength(string[, encoding])
    • Class Method: Buffer.compare(buf1, buf2)
    • Class Method: Buffer.concat(list[, totalLength])
    • Class Method: Buffer.from(array)
    • Class Method: Buffer.from(arrayBuffer[, byteOffset[, length]])
    • Class Method: Buffer.from(buffer)
    • Class Method: Buffer.from(string[, encoding])
    • Class Method: Buffer.isBuffer(obj)
    • Class Method: Buffer.isEncoding(encoding)
    • Class Property: Buffer.poolSize
    • buf[index]
    • buf.compare(target[, targetStart[, targetEnd[, sourceStart[, sourceEnd]]]])
    • buf.copy(target[, targetStart[, sourceStart[, sourceEnd]]])
    • buf.entries()
    • buf.equals(otherBuffer)
    • buf.fill(value[, offset[, end]][, encoding])
    • buf.indexOf(value[, byteOffset][, encoding])
    • buf.includes(value[, byteOffset][, encoding])
    • buf.keys()
    • buf.lastIndexOf(value[, byteOffset][, encoding])
    • buf.length
    • buf.readDoubleBE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readDoubleLE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readFloatBE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readFloatLE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readInt8(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readInt16BE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readInt16LE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readInt32BE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readInt32LE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readIntBE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.readIntLE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUInt8(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUInt16BE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUInt16LE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUInt32BE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUInt32LE(offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUIntBE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.readUIntLE(offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.slice([start[, end]])
    • buf.swap16()
    • buf.swap32()
    • buf.swap64()
    • buf.toString([encoding[, start[, end]]])
    • buf.toJSON()
    • buf.values()
    • buf.write(string[, offset[, length]][, encoding])
    • buf.writeDoubleBE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeDoubleLE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeFloatBE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeFloatLE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeInt8(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeInt16BE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeInt16LE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeInt32BE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeInt32LE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeIntBE(value, offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeIntLE(value, offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUInt8(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUInt16BE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUInt16LE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUInt32BE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUInt32LE(value, offset[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUIntBE(value, offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
    • buf.writeUIntLE(value, offset, byteLength[, noAssert])
  • buffer.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES
  • buffer.kMaxLength
  • buffer.transcode(source, fromEnc, toEnc)
  • Class: SlowBuffer
    • new SlowBuffer(size)
• Child Process
  • Asynchronous Process Creation
    • Spawning .bat and .cmd files on Windows
    • child_process.exec(command[, options][, callback])
    • child_process.execFile(file[, args][, options][, callback])
    • child_process.fork(modulePath[, args][, options])
    • child_process.spawn(command[, args][, options])
      • options.detached
      • options.stdio
  • Synchronous Process Creation
    • child_process.execFileSync(file[, args][, options])
    • child_process.execSync(command[, options])
    • child_process.spawnSync(command[, args][, options])
  • Class: ChildProcess
    • Event: 'close'
    • Event: 'disconnect'
    • Event: 'error'
    • Event: 'exit'
    • Event: 'message'
    • child.channel
    • child.connected
    • child.disconnect()
    • child.kill([signal])
    • child.pid
    • child.send(message[, sendHandle[, options]][, callback])
      • Example: sending a server object
      • Example: sending a socket object
    • child.stderr
    • child.stdin
    • child.stdio
    • child.stdout
  • maxBuffer and Unicode
• Cluster
  • How It Works
  • Class: Worker
    • Event: 'disconnect'
    • Event: 'error'
    • Event: 'exit'
    • Event: 'listening'
    • Event: 'message'
    • Event: 'online'
    • worker.disconnect()
    • worker.exitedAfterDisconnect
    • worker.id