realm-js/examples/NodeInterprocess/README.md

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# Realm-JS Interprocess Example
Example of interprocess support using Realm and Node.js
The example makes use of [Winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston), a
logging library, and includes `winston-realm.js` which defines a custom transport
utilizing Realm for storage. The main file, `index.js` is an
[Express](https://github.com/expressjs/express) app handling HTTP requests. The
app listens on port 3000 and responds with "Hello World!" at the base path `/`
and logs at `info` "Handled Hello World" to Winston. At any other path it
returns a `404` error and logs an error message to Winston with URL in question.
Since the log messages are being stored in a Realm (`winston.realm`), we can
listen for changes on another process. The `listener.js` is a small example of
this. When running, this listens to the `winston.realm` for changes and writes
to the console the latest error level log message.
To test:
1. `npm install`
2. `node .` to run the Express app
3. In another process: `node listener.js`
4. Go to `http://localhost:3000/whatever` to see error message across processes