stream-converter
Converts anything to a Node.js ReadStream, i.e Readable Stream.
Install
npm install stream-converter
Usage
var streamify = ; /** * Converts source to a ReadStream * * @param * @param */var stream = ;
You can also check the examples
folder in the repo.
Converting Streams
Indeed, it doesn't convert anything, it is just returning
the stream
passed as param
, it will recognize
readable-streams as also Node.js Core
streams.
Converting Buffers or Strings
//options is not requiredvar stream = ;
We can pipe it (for example):
stream;
or you can listen to the data
event:
stream;
or every possible operation on streams
. Possible options are:
var options = highWaterMark: Number encoding: String objectMode: Boolean path: Boolean;
For the first three options you can read more in the documentation provided above. For the last one, i.e path
,
it's an option for Strings
, if it is set to true
it will treat the string like a path
, i.e. it will return
a stream
using fs.createReadStream.
Converting Arrays and Objects
var stream = ;
There are no
options available, they are converted by default
to a stream using objectMode: true
. Because
of this, they cannot be piped
to a writeable stream, that accepts only Buffers
or Strings
. But you can listen
to events
and other stream stuff.
You can pipe arrays, but only if they contain Strings
and Buffers
.