try execFile

src/server/api/release.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import { FirRouteInput, FirRouteOptions } from "../util/routewrap.js";
-import {execa} from 'execa';
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import git from "isomorphic-git";
 import http from "isomorphic-git/http/node";
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+import { pico8 } from "../util/pico8.js";
 const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
 
 const method = "POST";
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ const url = "/api/release";
 const payloadT = Type.Any();
 
 const repoPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "repo");
-const picoDirPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "pico8");
-const picoBinPath = path.resolve(picoDirPath, "pico8");
 
 // const {stdout, } = await execa(picoBinPath, ["/home/dylan/.lexaloffle/pico-8/carts/candles/candles.p8", "-export", path.join(__dirname, "result.js")]);
 // const {stdout, } = await execa("ls", ["-la", picoDirPath]);
@@ -53,12 +50,12 @@ const handler = async ({payload}: FirRouteInput<typeof payloadT>) => {
 	});
 	console.log("cloned");
 	console.log("read local manifest");
-	console.log("pico exists: ", fs.existsSync(picoBinPath));
 	console.log("manifest exists: ", fs.existsSync(path.join(repoPath, "picobook.json")));
 	console.log("main exists: ", fs.existsSync(path.join(repoPath, manifest.main)));
 	// const {stdout} = await execa("ls", ["-la", picoDirPath], {shell: true});
 	// console.log(stdout);
-	await execa(picoBinPath, [path.join(repoPath, manifest.main), "-export", path.join(repoPath, "result.js")]);
+	await pico8.export(path.join(repoPath, manifest.main), path.join(repoPath, "result.js"));
+	// await execa(picoBinPath, [path.join(repoPath, manifest.main), "-export", path.join(repoPath, "result.js")]);
 	// await execa(picoBinPath, [path.join(repoPath, manifest.main), "-export", path.join(repoPath, "result.png")]);
 	const js = await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(repoPath, "result.js"), "utf8");
 	// const png = Buffer.from(await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(repoPath, "result.png"))).toString("base64");

src/server/util/pico8.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
+import {execFile} from "child_process";
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+
+const picoDirPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", "pico8");
+const picoBinPath = path.resolve(picoDirPath, "pico8");
+
+const execPico = (args: string[]) => {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		const options = {};
+		execFile(picoBinPath, args, options, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+			if (error) {
+				reject({error, stderr});
+			} else {
+				resolve({stdout});
+			}
+		})
+	});
+}
+
+export const pico8 = {
+	async export(fileIn: string, fileOut: string) {
+		return await execPico([fileIn, "-export", fileOut]);
+	}
+}