How to collapse a nodejs app appattically (for test)

Question

I want to test crashing nodejs application, need to stop process, not just throw some errors. is there an easy way to do this programmatically?

app.get('/crash', function() {
  //do something to crash it 
})

thank!

+3

ZHAO Xudong 23 Sep At 7:04 am

2 answers

process.exit(1)

process.kill(process.pid)

Both exits from the process.

+2

matys84pl 23 Sep '14 at 7:14

vkurchatkin · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-23T07:09:23+0000

Try the following:

app.get('/crash', function() {
  process.nextTick(function () {
    throw new Error;
  });
})