hlx-http-put

A writable stream to send HLS streams to an external HTTP/HTTPS server

Features

• Being used with other hlx objects, it provides a functionality to send every HLS related files (playlist and segments) to an external HTTP/HTTPS endpoint.

Install

Usage

const hlx = require('hlx');
const {createWriteStream} = require('hlx-http-put');
 
const writable = createWriteStream({
  endpoint: 'http://foo.bar/input'
});
 
// Send files to the remote endpoint
hlx.src('http://example.com/master.m3u8')
.pipe(decryptor)
.pipe(hlx.dest(writable))
.on('error', err => {
  console.log(err.stack);
});

API

The features are built on top of the Node's transform streams.

createWriteStream(options)

Creates a new TransformStream object.

params

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
options	object	Yes	N/A	See below

options

Name	Type	Default	Description
endpoint	string	N/A	URL of the destination (webdav server endpoint)
rootPath	string	The path included in url	Will be used when the playlist contains relative urls
agent	http.Agent	undefined	Proxy agent

return value

An instance of TransformStream.