I using line-by-line module for node js, and I want to set file from url for example now i have this:
LineByLineReader = require('line-by-line'),
lr = new LineByLineReader('file.txt');
And i want to
LineByLineReader = require('line-by-line'),
lr = new LineByLineReader('http://test.pl/file.txt');
Is it possible?
you can archive that using streams.
The lib you have choosen line-by-line
support them so you have only to do like so:
This works, note that you need to require http
or https
based on your url, my example is https
const http = require('https');
const LineByLineReader = require('line-by-line')
const options = {
host: 'stackoverflow.com',
path: '/questions/54251676/how-to-read-file-by-url-in-node-js',
method: 'GET',
};
const req = http.request(options, (res) => {
res.setEncoding('utf8');
lr = new LineByLineReader(res);
lr.on('error', function (err) {
console.log('err', err);
});
lr.on('line', function (line) {
console.log('line', line);
});
lr.on('end', function () {
console.log('end');
});
});
req.on('error', (e) => {
console.log('problem with request', e);
req.abort();
});
req.end();