Node.js v12.22.12 Documentation

Table of Contents

• Stream
  • Organization of this document
  • Types of streams
    • Object mode
    • Buffering
  • API for stream consumers
    • Writable streams
      • Class: stream.Writable
        • Event: 'close'
        • Event: 'drain'
        • Event: 'error'
        • Event: 'finish'
        • Event: 'pipe'
        • Event: 'unpipe'
        • writable.cork()
        • writable.destroy([error])
        • writable.destroyed
        • writable.end([chunk[, encoding]][, callback])
        • writable.setDefaultEncoding(encoding)
        • writable.uncork()
        • writable.writable
        • writable.writableEnded
        • writable.writableCorked
        • writable.writableFinished
        • writable.writableHighWaterMark
        • writable.writableLength
        • writable.writableObjectMode
        • writable.write(chunk[, encoding][, callback])
    • Readable streams
      • Two reading modes
      • Three states
      • Choose one API style
      • Class: stream.Readable
        • Event: 'close'
        • Event: 'data'
        • Event: 'end'
        • Event: 'error'
        • Event: 'pause'
        • Event: 'readable'
        • Event: 'resume'
        • readable.destroy([error])
        • readable.destroyed
        • readable.isPaused()
        • readable.pause()
        • readable.pipe(destination[, options])
        • readable.read([size])
        • readable.readable
        • readable.readableEncoding
        • readable.readableEnded
        • readable.readableFlowing
        • readable.readableHighWaterMark
        • readable.readableLength
        • readable.readableObjectMode
        • readable.resume()
        • readable.setEncoding(encoding)
        • readable.unpipe([destination])
        • readable.unshift(chunk[, encoding])
        • readable.wrap(stream)
        • readable[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
    • Duplex and transform streams
      • Class: stream.Duplex
      • Class: stream.Transform
        • transform.destroy([error])
    • stream.finished(stream[, options], callback)
    • stream.pipeline(...streams, callback)
    • stream.Readable.from(iterable, [options])
  • API for stream implementers
    • Simplified construction
    • Implementing a writable stream
      • new stream.Writable([options])