Locally (or in a container) for Node JS.js applications there are numerous libslibraries that enable executing bash
Bash command/scripts. Some of them:
- ShellJS - Unix shell commands for Node.js.
ShellJS - Unix shell commands for Node.js.
ShellJS is a portable (Windows/Linux/macOS) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Node.js API. You can use it to eliminate your shell script's dependency on Unix while still keeping its familiar and powerful commands. You can also install it globally so you can run it from outside Node projects - say goodbye to those gnarly Bash scripts!
Example:
var shell = require('shelljs'); // Of course you should log in first shell.exec('sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Name, Account.Name FROM Contact LIMIT 10" -u [email protected] --perflog --json');
The child_process module provides the ability to spawn subprocesses.
Example (asynchronous):
const { exec } = require("child_process"); const query = 'sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Name, Account.Name FROM Contact LIMIT 10" -u [email protected] --perflog --json'; exec(query, (error, stdout, stderr) => { if (error) { console.log(`error: ${error.message}`); return; } if (stderr) { console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`); return; } console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`); // Result });
The
stdout
andstderr
arguments passed to the callback will contain thestdout
andstderr
output of the child process. Theerror
object is not null when thechild_process
module fails to execute a command.
ShellJS is a portable (Windows/Linux/macOS) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Node.js API. You can use it to eliminate your shell script's dependency on Unix while still keeping its familiar and powerful commands. You can also install it globally so you can run it from outside Node projects - say goodbye to those gnarly Bash scripts!
Example:
var shell = require('shelljs');
// Ofcourse you should login first
shell.exec('sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Name, Account.Name FROM Contact LIMIT 10" -u [email protected] --perflog --json');
- The child_process module provides the ability to spawn subprocesses.
Example (asynchronous):
const { exec } = require("child_process");
const query = 'sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Name, Account.Name FROM Contact LIMIT 10" -u [email protected] --perflog --json';
exec(query, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
if (error) {
console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
return;
}
if (stderr) {
console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
return;
}
console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`); // Result
});
The
stdout
andstderr
arguments passed to the callback will contain thestdout
andstderr
output of the child process. Theerror
object is not null when thechild_process
module fails to execute a command.
As soon as Salesforce Functions are available it will be possible to integrate Salesforce with Node.js
Node.js, but for now, I can't say too much about its possibilities/limitations.