How to run artisan (or other commands) from node easylly

run-artisan-from-nodejs

import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
import path from "node:path";

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);

function startLaravelServer(config = {}) {
	const {
		host = "127.0.0.1",
		port = "8000",
		phpPath = path.join(__dirname, "php", "php.exe"),
		laravelPath = path.join(__dirname, "www"),
		env = {},
		runInBackground = false,
	} = config;

	const args = [
		path.join(laravelPath, "artisan"),
		"serve",
		`--host=${host}`,
		`--port=${port}`,
	];

	const spawnOptions = {
		cwd: laravelPath,
		stdio: runInBackground ? "ignore" : ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
		detached: runInBackground,
		env: { ...process.env, ...env },
	};

	const laravelProcess = spawn(phpPath, args, spawnOptions);

	if (runInBackground) {
		laravelProcess.unref();
		console.log(
			`Laravel Server started in background on http://${host}:${port}`,
		);
	} else {
		laravelProcess.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
			console.log(`Laravel Server stdout: ${data}`);
		});

		laravelProcess.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
			console.error(`Laravel Server stderr: ${data}`);
		});

		laravelProcess.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
			if (code) console.log(`Laravel Server process exited with code ${code}`);
			if (signal)
				console.log(`Laravel Server process was killed with signal ${signal}`);
		});

		laravelProcess.on("error", (err) => {
			console.error("Failed to start Laravel Server:", err);
		});

		console.log(`Laravel Server starting on http://${host}:${port}`);
	}

	return laravelProcess;
}

// if runned directly exec the function
if (require.main === module) {
	startLaravelServer();
}