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Read stream to buffer or string
Install
$ npm install --save read-all-stream
Usage
var read = require('read-all-stream');
var stream = fs.createReadStream('index.js');
read(stream).then(function (data) {
console.log(data.length);
});
read(stream, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
console.log(data.length);
//=> 42
});
API
read(stream, [options], [callback])
If callback is omitted, Promise will be returned.
stream
Required
Type: Stream
Event emitter, which data
events will be consumed.
options
Type: object
or string
If type of options
is string
, then it will be used as encoding. If type is Object
, then next options are available:
options.encoding
Type: string
, null
Default: 'utf8'
Encoding to be used on toString
of the data. If null, the body is returned as a Buffer.
callback(err, data)
Will be called after stream is read.
err
Error
object (if error
event happens).
data
The data in stream.
License
MIT © Vsevolod Strukchinsky