server: add non invoking entry point

server/.vscode/launch.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                 "<node_internals>/**"
             ],
             "preLaunchTask": "npm: build",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/dist/scrypted-main.js",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/scrypted-serve",
             "runtimeArgs": [
                 "--trace-warnings",
                 "--nolazy",

server/bin/scrypted-serve

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-const { spawn } = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const mainPath = path.join(__dirname, '../dist/scrypted-main.js');
-spawn('node', ['--expose-gc', mainPath], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+require(mainPath);

server/package.json

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   "bin": {
     "scrypted-serve": "bin/scrypted-serve"
   },
-  "main": "dist/scrypted-main.js",
+  "main": "dist/scrypted-main-exports.js",
   "scripts": {
     "preserve": "npm run build",
     "serve": "node --expose-gc dist/scrypted-main.js",

server/src/scrypted-main-exports.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import v8 from 'v8';
+import vm from 'vm';
+import process from 'process';
+import semver from 'semver';
+import { RPCResultError, startPeriodicGarbageCollection } from './rpc';
+import { PluginError } from './plugin/plugin-error';
+
+function start(mainFilename: string) {
+    if (!global.gc) {
+        v8.setFlagsFromString('--expose_gc')
+        global.gc = vm.runInNewContext("gc");
+    }
+
+    if (!semver.gte(process.version, '16.0.0')) {
+        throw new Error('"node" version out of date. Please update node to v16 or higher.')
+    }
+
+    // Node 17 changes the dns resolution order to return the record order.
+    // This causes issues with clients that are on "IPv6" networks that are
+    // actually busted and fail to connect to npm's IPv6 address.
+    // The workaround is to favor IPv4.
+    process.env['NODE_OPTIONS'] = '--dns-result-order=ipv4first';
+
+    startPeriodicGarbageCollection();
+
+    if (process.argv[2] === 'child' || process.argv[2] === 'child-thread') {
+        // plugins should never crash. this handler will be removed, and then readded
+        // after the plugin source map is retrieved.
+        process.on('uncaughtException', e => {
+            console.error('uncaughtException', e);
+        });
+        process.on('unhandledRejection', e => {
+            console.error('unhandledRejection', e);
+        });
+
+        const start = require('./scrypted-plugin-main').default;
+        start(mainFilename);
+    }
+    else {
+        // unhandled rejections are allowed if they are from a rpc/plugin call.
+        process.on('unhandledRejection', error => {
+            if (error?.constructor !== RPCResultError && error?.constructor !== PluginError) {
+                console.error('wtf', error);
+                throw error;
+            }
+            console.warn('unhandled rejection of RPC Result', error);
+        });
+
+        const start = require('./scrypted-server-main').default;
+        start(mainFilename);
+    }
+}
+
+export default start;

server/src/scrypted-main.ts

@@ -1,54 +1,3 @@
-import v8 from 'v8';
-import vm from 'vm';
-import process from 'process';
-import semver from 'semver';
-import { RPCResultError, startPeriodicGarbageCollection } from './rpc';
-import { PluginError } from './plugin/plugin-error';
+import start from './scrypted-main-exports';
 
-if (!global.gc) {
-    v8.setFlagsFromString('--expose_gc')
-    global.gc = vm.runInNewContext("gc");
-}
-
-if (!semver.gte(process.version, '16.0.0')) {
-    throw new Error('"node" version out of date. Please update node to v16 or higher.')
-}
-
-// Node 17 changes the dns resolution order to return the record order.
-// This causes issues with clients that are on "IPv6" networks that are
-// actually busted and fail to connect to npm's IPv6 address.
-// The workaround is to favor IPv4.
-process.env['NODE_OPTIONS'] = '--dns-result-order=ipv4first';
-
-startPeriodicGarbageCollection();
-
-let startPromise: any;
-
-if (process.argv[2] === 'child' || process.argv[2] === 'child-thread') {
-    // plugins should never crash. this handler will be removed, and then readded
-    // after the plugin source map is retrieved.
-    process.on('uncaughtException', e => {
-        console.error('uncaughtException', e);
-    });
-    process.on('unhandledRejection', e => {
-        console.error('unhandledRejection', e);
-    });
-
-    const start = require('./scrypted-plugin-main').default;
-    startPromise = start(__filename);
-}
-else {
-    // unhandled rejections are allowed if they are from a rpc/plugin call.
-    process.on('unhandledRejection', error => {
-        if (error?.constructor !== RPCResultError && error?.constructor !== PluginError) {
-            console.error('wtf', error);
-            throw error;
-        }
-        console.warn('unhandled rejection of RPC Result', error);
-    });
-
-    const start = require('./scrypted-server-main').default;
-    startPromise = start(__filename);
-}
-
-export default startPromise;
+start(__filename);