first-chunk-min-size-stream

Set the minimum size of the first chunk in a stream

Useful if you want to do something to the first chunk and need it to be of a certain size.

Install

$ npm install first-chunk-min-size-stream

Usage

import fs from 'node:fs';
import FirstChunkMinSize from 'first-chunk-min-size-stream';

fs.createReadStream('unicorn.txt', {highWaterMark: 1}) // `highWaterMark: 1` means it will only read 1 byte at the time
	.pipe(new FirstChunkMinSize({minSize: 7}))
	.once('data', data => {
		console.log(data.length);
		//=> 7
	});

API

firstChunkMinSize(options)

options

Type: object

minSize

Required
Type: number

The minimum size of the first chunk.