How to start a node.js script without command line?

Server Config
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Hi there! :slight_smile:
I have a Node.js script that I would like to begin running on the website I pay for. (The script will run ad infinitum as it reacts to events and performs actions based off of input.)

On my dev machine I simply open up the command line and run the command node \path\to\script\[SCRIPT_NAME].js. Everything works great!

However, due to the type of hosting I pay for, on my production server I do not have command line or SSH access. I can only upload/remove files via FTP and install Wordpress. So I can upload my script files to the server… but then I don’t know how to begin running it.

How do I start the script running without command line access or being able to click it as an executable?

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You can easily upload an index.html file which is doing nothing else then importing the js script


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <script type="javascript" src="yourscriptname.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

Then you can start the script by calling index.html

Of course when you close your browser the script will stop.
But there is no other way to run a script on a standard web page provider.

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Oh, great! Then all I have to do is visit that page for the script to run? Will the Node script continue to run even when I navigate away from that page in my browser?

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Sorry my edit was too late.

No there is no way that your script runs independently. For that you need a real virtual sever package and not a web page package

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Okay, that’s a real bummer! Thank you for that information!

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