Read an HTML5 File object (from e.g. HTML5 drag and drops) as a stream.
npm install filereader-streamGiven an HTML5 File object (from e.g. HTML5 drag and drops), turn it into a readable stream.
Use it with npm & browserify
``bash`
$ npm install filereader-stream
js
var drop = require('drag-and-drop-files')
var concat = require('concat-stream')
var fileReaderStream = require('filereader-stream')test('should read file when one is dropped', function(t) {
drop(document.body, function(files) {
var first = files[0]
fileReaderStream(first).pipe(concat(function(contents) {
// contents is the contents of the entire file
}))
})
})
`usage
js
var fileReaderStream = require('filereader-stream')
var readStream = fileReaderStream(file, [options])
` is a Streams 2 Readable Stream, so you can do all the streamy things with it like .pipe etc.options:
chunkSize - default 1024 1024 (1MB) - How many bytes will be read at a time
* offset - default 0 - Where in the file to start readingrun the tests
`
npm install
npm test
then open your browser to the address provided, open your JS console, and drag and drop files onto the page until the test suite passes/fails