pull-filereader

read an HTML5 File object as a pull stream

npm install --save pull-filereader

ported from maxogden/filereader-stream

example

var drop = require('drag-and-drop-files')
var pull = require('pull-stream')
var concat = require('pull-concat/buffer')
var pullFileReader = require('filereader-stream')
 
test('should read file when one is dropped', function(t) {
  drop(document.body, function(files) {
    var file = files[0]
    pull(
      pullFileReader(file),
      concat(function (err, contents) {
        // contents is the contents of the entire file
      })
    )
  })
})

usage

pullFileReader = require('pull-filereader')

source = pullFileReader(file, [options])

source is a source pull-stream, so you can pull from it.

file is an HTML5 File object.

options is the object with the following:

• chunkSize - default 1024 * 1024 (1MB) - How many bytes will be read at a time
• offset - default 0 - Where in the file to start reading

license

The Apache License

Copyright © 2016 Michael Williams

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.