xvfb

node-xvfb: easily start and stop an X Virtual Frame Buffer from your node apps.
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$3

``javascript
var Xvfb = require('xvfb');
var xvfb = new Xvfb();
xvfb.startSync();

// code that uses the virtual frame buffer here

xvfb.stopSync();
// the Xvfb is stopped
`

or:


`javascript
var Xvfb = require('xvfb');
var xvfb = new Xvfb();
xvfb.start(function(err, xvfbProcess) {
// code that uses the virtual frame buffer here
xvfb.stop(function(err) {
// the Xvfb is stopped
});
});
`

The Xvfb constructor takes four options:

* displayNum - the X display to use, defaults to the lowest unused display number >= 99 if reuse is false or 99 if reuse is true.
* reuse - whether to reuse an existing Xvfb instance if it already exists on the X display referenced by displayNum.
* timeout - number of milliseconds to wait when starting Xvfb before assuming it failed to start, defaults to 500.
* silent - don't pipe Xvfb stderr to the process's stderr.
* xvfb_args - Extra arguments to pass to Xvfb`.

$3

* kesla for https://github.com/kesla/node-headless
* leonid-shevtsov for https://github.com/leonid-shevtsov/headless
* paulbaumgart for creating the initial version of this package.

both of which served as inspiration for this package.