Node.js: How to read a stream into a buffer

To Nha Notes | June 13, 2023, 10:53 p.m.

Javascript snippet

function stream2buffer(stream) {

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        
        const _buf = [];

        stream.on("data", (chunk) => _buf.push(chunk));
        stream.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(_buf)));
        stream.on("error", (err) => reject(err));

    });
} 

Typescript snippet

async function stream2buffer(stream: Stream): Promise<Buffer> {

    return new Promise < Buffer > ((resolve, reject) => {
        
        const _buf = Array < any > ();

        stream.on("data", chunk => _buf.push(chunk));
        stream.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(_buf)));
        stream.on("error", err => reject(`error converting stream - ${err}`));

    });
} 

References

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14269233/node-js-how-to-read-a-stream-into-a-buffer/67729663#67729663