browser-stream-tar

split tar web-stream into a sequence of Files

example

import { files } from "browser-stream-tar";

const response = await fetch("some tar file");
for await (const file of files(response.body)) {
  console.log(file.name);
  // do something with entry.stream()
}

API

Table of Contents

• BLOCKSIZE
• decodePaxHeader
  • Parameters
• decodeHeader
  • Parameters
• files
  • Parameters
• enqueue
• buffer
• decodeString
  • Parameters
• decodeInteger
  • Parameters
• fill
  • Parameters
• skip
  • Parameters
• streamToUint8Array
  • Parameters

BLOCKSIZE

Field Name Byte Offset Length in Bytes Field Type name 0 100 NUL-terminated if NUL fits mode 100 8 uid 108 8 gid 116 8 size 124 12 mtime 136 12 chksum 148 8 typeflag 156 1 see below linkname 157 100 NUL-terminated if NUL fits magic 257 6 must be TMAGIC (NUL term.) version 263 2 must be TVERSION uname 265 32 NUL-terminated gname 297 32 NUL-terminated devmajor 329 8 devminor 337 8 prefix 345 155 NUL-terminated if NUL fits

Type: number

decodePaxHeader

• See: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/5-star/

Decodes a PAX header

Parameters

• reader ReadableStreamReader where to read from
• buffer Uint8Array
• header Object to be filled with values form buffer

Returns Promise<Uint8Array> buffer positioned after the consumed bytes

decodeHeader

Decodes the next header.

Parameters

• reader ReadableStreamReader<Uint8Array> where to read from
• buffer (Uint8Array | undefined)
• header Object to be filled with values form buffer and reader

Returns Promise<(Uint8Array | undefined)> buffer positioned after the consumed bytes

files

Provide tar entry iterator.

Parameters

• tar ReadableStream

Returns AsyncIterable<File>

enqueue

--512--|-----512------| | R | O | | DDDDDDDDDDDD---------HHHH | | | A0 A0 A1

buffer

+--------- size --------+ | +- remaining -+- overflow -+ | | | | HDD ... DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD------------HHHHHH [BUFFER .... ] [BUFFER ... ] +----------- skip --------+

decodeString

Convert bytes into string.

Parameters

• bytes Uint8Array

Returns string

decodeInteger

Convert ASCII octal number into number.

Parameters

• bytes Uint8Array

Returns number

fill

Read bytes from a reader and append them to a given buffer until a requested length of the buffer is reached.

Parameters

• reader ReadableStreamReader<Uint8Array> where to read from
• buffer Uint8Array? initial buffer or undefined
• length number? desired buffer length

Returns Promise<(Uint8Array | undefined)> filled up buffer

skip

Skip some bytes from a buffer.

Parameters

• reader ReadableStreamReader<Uint8Array> where to read from
• buffer Uint8Array
• length number to be skipped

Returns Promise<(Uint8Array | undefined)> buffer positionend after skipped bytes

streamToUint8Array

Reads web stream content into a Uint8Array.

Parameters

• stream ReadableStream

Returns Promise<Uint8Array>

install

With npm do:

npm install browser-stream-tar

license

BSD-2-Clause