stream-browserify

What is stream-browserify?

The stream-browserify npm package is a browser-compatible version of Node.js's core stream module. It allows developers to use stream-based operations in browser environments, similar to how they would in Node.js. This includes the ability to create readable, writable, duplex, and transform streams, which can be used for handling data in a more efficient and modular way.

What are stream-browserify's main functionalities?

Creating a Readable Stream

This code sample demonstrates how to create a readable stream that emits data from an array. Each chunk of data is pushed to the stream and logged to the console when the 'data' event is emitted.

const Stream = require('stream-browserify');
let data = ['stream', 'browserify'];
let readable = Stream.Readable({
  read(size) {
    if (data.length === 0) this.push(null);
    else this.push(data.shift());
  }
});
readable.on('data', (chunk) => {
  console.log(chunk.toString());
});

Creating a Writable Stream

This code sample shows how to create a writable stream that logs any data written to it to the console.

const Stream = require('stream-browserify');
let writable = new Stream.Writable({
  write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    console.log(chunk.toString());
    callback();
  }
});
writable.write('Hello, world!');

Piping Streams

This example demonstrates how to pipe data from a readable stream directly into a writable stream. The data from the readable stream is logged to the console as it's written to the writable stream.

const Stream = require('stream-browserify');
let readable = Stream.Readable.from(['stream', 'browserify']);
let writable = new Stream.Writable({
  write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    console.log(chunk.toString());
    callback();
  }
});
readable.pipe(writable);

Transform Stream

This code sample illustrates how to create a transform stream that converts any input data to uppercase. The transform stream is piped from stdin and then piped to stdout, effectively creating a stream that uppercases input from the command line.

const Stream = require('stream-browserify');
let transform = new Stream.Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    this.push(chunk.toString().toUpperCase());
    callback();
  }
});
process.stdin.pipe(transform).pipe(process.stdout);

Other packages similar to stream-browserify

readable-stream

The readable-stream package is a mirror of the stream module from Node.js core, which is specifically maintained for compatibility with different Node.js versions. It provides the same API as stream-browserify but is more focused on Node.js environments rather than the browser.

through2

Through2 is a tiny wrapper around Node.js streams.Transform that makes it easier to create transform streams. It is similar to stream-browserify's transform stream functionality but with a simpler API for creating transform streams.

highland

Highland.js manages synchronous and asynchronous code easily, using nothing more than standard JavaScript and Node-like streams. While stream-browserify aims to replicate Node's stream module in the browser, Highland.js provides higher-level stream operations and utilities, making it more powerful for complex stream processing tasks.

README

stream-browserify

the stream module (streams1 for now) from node core

todo

How much of readable-stream/streams2 do we want to pull in?