I've developed a node.js tool which uses imagemagick from the command line. That is, exec('my_imagemagick_commands'). What's the best way to deliver that tool to a client using Windows? That is, how can I make a Windows installer that'll install node.js, imagemagick and the tool - preferably as a binary, not the source - in a specific folder?
If you want an easy bundle... Zip the list below, deploy on client and drag/drop images to be processed onto the yourtool.cmd file (I'm doing something similar for image optimizers)
Bundle: (put these in one directory)
yourtool.cmd
REM Get the drive/path the batch file is in
set batchdir=%~d0%~p0
REM Run tool for items dragged over...
"%batchdir%node.exe" "%batchdir%yourtool.js" %*
yourtool.js
// start at 2 for arguments passed...
// 0 is node.exe
// 1 is the js file run
for (var i=2; i<process.argv.length; i++) {
var imagePath = process.argv[i];
//do something with image...
}
For others interested in imagemagick with node, you should check out node-imagemagick