Attempt some crude memory management.

MichaelBone · Jul 20, 2018 · eaa2179 · eaa2179
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diff --git a/scraper.js b/scraper.js
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ async function main() {
 
                 console.log("Examining image.");
                 let imageBuffer = await (new Promise((resolve, reject) => jimpImage.getBuffer(jimp.MIME_PNG, (error, buffer) => resolve(buffer))));
+
+                jimpImage = null;
+                operator = null;
+                image = null;
+                try {
+                    global.gc();
+                } catch (ex) {
+                    console.log("Garbage collection not possible.");
+                }
+
                 let result = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                     console.log("Calling recognize.");
                     tesseract.recognize(imageBuffer).then(function(result) {