I am using a library, ya-csv, that expects either a file or a stream as input, but I have a string.
How do I convert that string into a stream in Node?
From node 10.17, stream.Readable have a from method to easily create streams from any iterable (which includes array literals):
const { Readable } = require("stream")
const readable = Readable.from(["input string"])
readable.on("data", (chunk) => {
console.log(chunk) // will be called once with `"input string"`
})
Note that at least between 10.17 and 12.3, a string is itself a iterable, so Readable.from("input string") will work, but emit one event per character. Readable.from(["input string"]) will emit one event per item in the array (in this case, one item).
Also note that in later nodes (probably 12.3, since the documentation says the function was changed then), it is no longer necessary to wrap the string in an array.
https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_stream_readable_from_iterable_options