node-webkit-filesync

Download and locally run a file with the default program, synchronize back when file is saved

Requirements

The module is developed for node-webkit and the examples assumes you are running the code in a webpage loaded within node-webkit

Getting started

Create a new filesynchronizer

var filesync = require('./filesync').create({
  folder: '/var/www/node-webkit-filerunner/folder/'
});

Hook into the events, this example keeps a simple list with the synchronized files within a div, the list will be updated when any events or actions take place

filesync.on('sync_start', function(data) {
  var tag = '<li id="file-' + data.id + '">New File</li>';
  $('#status ul').append(tag);
});
filesync.on('sync_progress', function(data) {
  $('#file-' + data.id).html('Progress: ' + data.percentage);
});
filesync.on('sync_finished', function(data) {
  $('#file-' + data.id).html('Finished download!');
});
filesync.on('send_start', function(data) {
  $('#file-' + data.id).html('Syncing');
});
filesync.on('send_done', function(data) {
  $('#file-' + data.id).html('Scyned');
});

Finally download a file and start syncing

filesync.downloadAndSyncFile("http://website/file.txt");

Any changes to the file will be detected and send back to the server using a PUT method.