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Call Yeoman commands from a NodeJS server

How to call a Yeoman command from a NodeJS server?

I want to make a simple client webpage which allows me to execute Yeoman commands, on the NodeJS server, such as 

yeoman install angular
yeoman server
Solution

  • Add a path or a websocket command which executes this sample code:

    var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
var yeoman = spawn('yeoman', ['install', 'angular']);
yeoman.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log('yeoman: ' + data);
});

    Later edit: You have several options + examples here, including exec suggested in the comments: http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html