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jcreedcmu / escape.js
Created February 19, 2018 18:09
Escaping nodejs vm
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// The vm module lets you run a string containing javascript code 'in
// a sandbox', where you specify a context of global variables that
// exist for the duration of its execution. This works more or less
// well, and if you're in control of the code that's running, and you
// have a reasonable protocol in mind// for how it expects a certain
// context to exist and interacts with it --- like, maybe a plug-in
// API for a program, with some endpoints defined for it that do
// useful domain-specific things --- your life can go smoothly.