Node.js File system & Streams

var path = require("path");

var fs = require("fs");

var Stream = require("stream");
var stream = new Stream();
var duration = 5 * 1000; // 5 seconds
var end = Date.now() + duration;
var interval;
stream.readable = true;
interval = setInterval(function () {
console.log("Emitting a data event");
stream.emit("data", new Buffer("foo"));
if (Date.now() >= end) {
console.log("Emitting an end event");
stream.emit("end");
clearInterval(interval);
}
}, 1000);

 crypto streams
 tcp sockets
 child process stdout and stderr
 process.stdin

var stream;
stream = fs.createReadStream(__dirname + "/foo.txt");
stream.on("data", function (data) {
var chunk = data.toString();
process.stdout.write(chunk);
});
stream.on("end", function() {
console.log();
});

var readStream = fs.createReadStream(__dirname + "/foo.txt");
var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + "/bar.txt");
readStream.pipe(writeStream);

var zlib = require("zlib");
var gzip = zlib.createGzip();
var input = fs.createReadStream("input.txt");
var output = fs.createWriteStream("input.txt.gz");
input
.pipe(gzip)
.pipe(output);

Use-case Class Method(s) to implement
Reading only Readable _read
Writing only Writable _write
Reading and writing Duplex _read, _write
Operate on written data, then read the result Transform _transform, _flush

Node.js File system & Streams

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