Node.js v22.23.3 documentation

Example ReadableStream#

This example creates a simple ReadableStream that pushes the current performance.now() timestamp once every second forever. An async iterable is used to read the data from the stream.

import {
  ReadableStream,
} from 'node:stream/web';

import {
  setInterval as every,
} from 'node:timers/promises';

import {
  performance,
} from 'node:perf_hooks';

const SECOND = 1000;

const stream = new ReadableStream({
  async start(controller) {
    for await (const _ of every(SECOND))
      controller.enqueue(performance.now());
  },
});

for await (const value of stream)
  console.log(value);const {
  ReadableStream,
} = require('node:stream/web');

const {
  setInterval: every,
} = require('node:timers/promises');

const {
  performance,
} = require('node:perf_hooks');

const SECOND = 1000;

const stream = new ReadableStream({
  async start(controller) {
    for await (const _ of every(SECOND))
      controller.enqueue(performance.now());
  },
});

(async () => {
  for await (const value of stream)
    console.log(value);
})();copy

Node.js streams interoperability#

Node.js streams can be converted to web streams and vice versa via the toWeb and fromWeb methods present on stream.Readable, stream.Writable and stream.Duplex objects.

For more details refer to the relevant documentation:

• stream.Readable.toWeb
• stream.Readable.fromWeb
• stream.Writable.toWeb
• stream.Writable.fromWeb
• stream.Duplex.toWeb
• stream.Duplex.fromWeb

Class: ReadableStream#