Sharing the same steamcommunity across multiple workers

[Tayhayy]

I have this code so far

origin.js
const SteamCommunity = require("steamcommunity");
const origin = new SteamCommunity();
module.exports = { origin };
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index.js
const { origin } = require("./origin.js");

origin.login({ accountName: originuser, password: originpass, authCode: "", twoFactorCode: "", captcha: "" }, function (err) {
  if (!err) {
    console.log("logged into origin");
  }
  // call worker
});

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worker.js
const { origin } = require("./origin.js");
const { workerData } = require("worker_threads");

origin.editProfile({ customURL: workerData }, function (err) {
  if (!err) {
    console.log("changed url on origin");
});

Yet I get an error in worker.js saying I'm not logged in, I assume this is because it is creating a new steamcommunity every time require("./origin.js") is called, so how can I share the same steamcommunity across multiple workers, so I don't have to login inside each worker?

Edited July 7, 2021 by Tayhayy

[Dr. McKay]

Your assumption is correct.

You could either use IPC to call to the master process and do your steamcommunity work there, or use IPC in the master process to the worker processes to share your login cookies.

[Tayhayy]

Any idea on why I can't create a steamcommunity and pass it as workerData?

[Dr. McKay]

When you pass data through IPC like that, it gets serialized and then unserialized on the other end. The nature of a SteamCommunity object actually being a SteamCommunity object doesn't survive that serialization.

[Tayhayy]

Could you show me how to share the login cookies and using them to edit the profile?

[Tayhayy]

Figured it out thanks for the help