If I have a Node js stream, say for example from something like process.stdin
or from fs.createReadStream
, how can I convert this to be an RxJs Observable stream using RxJs5?
I see that RxJs-Node has a fromReadableStream
method, but that looks like it hasn't been updated in close to a year.
For anyone looking for this, following Mark's recommendation, I adapted rx-node fromStream
implementation for rxjs5.
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
// Adapted from https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/rx-node/blob/87589c07be626c32c842bdafa782fca5924e749c/index.js#L52
export default function fromStream(stream, finishEventName = 'end', dataEventName = 'data') {
stream.pause();
return new Observable((observer) => {
function dataHandler(data) {
observer.next(data);
}
function errorHandler(err) {
observer.error(err);
}
function endHandler() {
observer.complete();
}
stream.addListener(dataEventName, dataHandler);
stream.addListener('error', errorHandler);
stream.addListener(finishEventName, endHandler);
stream.resume();
return () => {
stream.removeListener(dataEventName, dataHandler);
stream.removeListener('error', errorHandler);
stream.removeListener(finishEventName, endHandler);
};
}).share();
}
Note that it intrinsically breaks all back pressure functionalities of streams. Observables' are a push technology. All input chunks are going to be read and pushed to the observer as quickly as possible. Depending on your case, it might not be the best solution.