simple-get-stream

Simply wraps simple-get and his methods to return Response stream instead of Request stream. Simple as simpleGet.get(url).pipe(process.stdout)

Install

npm i simple-get-stream --save

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

const simpleGetStream = require('simple-get-stream')

simpleGetStream

Request a page and return a response stream

Params

• <opts> {String|Object}: Url or options object, passed to simple-get.
• returns {Stream}: Response stream instead of Request stream as simple-get does.

Example

const request = require('simple-get-stream')
const stream = request('http://www.tunnckocore.tk')

stream.once('error', console.error)
stream.pipe(process.stdout) // => html content of the page

Advanced example

Showing use of .post method and getting the response, using through2

const through2 = require('through2')
const request = require('simple-get-stream')

const stream = request.post({
  url: 'http://httpbin.org/post',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: 'qux'
  })
})

stream.once('error', console.error)
stream.pipe(through2(function (buf) {
  var res = buf.toString()
  var data = JSON.parse(res)

  console.log(data.json) 
  /* => {
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: 'qux'
  } */
}))

Related

• github-base: Base methods for creating node.js apps that work with the GitHub… more | homepage
• npm-info: Base class for downloading data from the npm registry | homepage
• request-all: Performs a multiple requests and data from all pages are concatenated… more | homepage
• simple-get: Simplest way to make http get requests. Supports HTTPS, redirects, gzip/deflate,… more | homepage
• simple-get-stream: Simply wraps simple-get and his methods to return Response stream instead… more | homepage
• then-got: Promisified simple-get. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
But before doing anything, please read the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.

Charlike Make Reagent