N-API

Most N-API api in ShadowNode are aligned with definition of Node.js version 10.8. Yet there are some that may not implemented nor not supported. Documents of supported API can be found in Node.js N-API document. Following is a list of api that can not be used in ShadowNode.

How to build

Use node-gyp whenever possible, since N-API is designed to be ABI stable.

API not supported in ShadowNode

Working with JavaScript Values

Object Creation Functions

• napi_create_external_buffer
• napi_create_dataview

Functions to convert from C types to N-API

• napi_create_bigint_int64
• napi_create_bigint_uint64
• napi_create_bigint_words
• napi_create_string_latin1
• napi_create_string_utf16

Functions to convert from N-API to C types

• napi_get_dataview_info
• napi_get_value_bigint_int64
• napi_get_value_bigint_uint64
• napi_get_value_bigint_words
• napi_get_value_string_latin1
• napi_get_value_string_utf16

Working with JavaScript Values - Abstract Operations

• napi_is_dataview

Custom Asynchronous Operations

Though N-API functions for creating/destroying async contexts are available, they do not work as expected as async_hooks has not been implemented.

Memory Management

• napi_adjust_external_memory

Promises

• napi_create_promise
• napi_resolve_deferred
• napi_reject_deferred
• napi_is_promise

Script execution

• napi_run_script

Experimental functions

• napi_add_finalizer