Mixing php with nodejs

Hi, for a small portion of my webapp, I want to use NodeJs. But I'm wondering where to place the files. I'm guessing I should just put them in a new directory of resources? It's only a small script (that includes a small local server) that should run using puppeteer, so it won't be a big subproject. I know it doesn't matter for functionality, but I want to keep my project as clean as possible. The resources directory seems like an ok solution, but it doesn't seem great either.

I'm not sure if it matters, but I want to use nodejs to create pdf documents. Because the free php alternatives are not that great and have a lot of restrictions.

marbobo

5 years ago

Level 12

if I were you I'll just put it on root directory and isolate it from other laravel files. some thins like this.

/app
/bootstrap
/config
/database
/nodeServer
/resources
...
...

andyabihaidar

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 3

Would make sense to put it outside your project as well. I'm assuming the node application will be running on a different port, and you can just call that whenever needed. Would be more maintainable as well to just mark it as it's own little project instead of a sub-project. Just a personal preference though.

Loots

5 years ago

Level 4

Thanks for your reactions! In the end I used another solution (https://github.com/spatie/browsershot). But if I would do it I would probably go for andyabihaidar his solution. Thanks!

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