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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
networking

Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by tracing requestShell and the shell stream lifecycle, then reproduce the example with and without shell.end; done means establishing whether endless pushed output is supported and documenting or correcting the observed behavior.

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Description

Hi,

I'm trying to open the shell which writes a command to the host and gets endless push updates.
In command-line it will be like:

~> ssh {user}@{host} -p{port} -T -i {private key path}

~>
~> -- pushed from the host side
~> .....

While trying to do so with your package, like,

const { NodeSSH } = require('node-ssh')
const client = new NodeSSH()

function wait(delay) {
    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
        setTimeout(resolve, delay)
    })
}

var intcommand = JSON.stringify({ ... })
client.connect({
    host: {host},
    port: {port},
    username: {username},
    privateKey: {private key path}
})
    .then(async function () {
        const data = []
        const shell = await client.requestShell()

        shell.on('data', function (chunk) {
            console.log(chunk.toString('utf8'));
            data.push(chunk.toString('utf8'))                
        })

        shell.write(intcommand)
        
        await wait(50)


        shell.end(cb=>{
            console.log('shell ended: ', cb == undefined?'':cb);
        })
    })

Now.
It retrieves the first raw and close.
How can I push my request to the host and keep it open to consume the endless pushed feed?
it seems that it works only while write the command and call end.

What am I missing here?
Please advise

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