read-webfile

read a file from a url just like from a file path!

Installation

npm i read-webfile --save

wf.readFileFromWeb(path[, options], callback)

basicly, this function is design to follow native API of fs.readFile.

• path <string> | <URL> required

  • can be a string such as https://nodejs.org
  • can be a URL object such as new URL('https://nodejs.org')
  • is required, and only support http or https portocol

• options <Object> | <string>

  • can be a string which represent encoding such as 'utf8'
  • can be object such as {encoding: 'utf8'}

• callback <Function>

  • err <Error>
  • data <string> | <Buffer>

const wf = require('read-webfile')
let url = 'https://nodejs.org/en/'
 
wf.readFileFromWeb(url, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
  if(err) console.error(err)
  console.log(data)
})

wf.createReadStream(path[, options])

basicly, this function is design to follow native API of fs.createReadStream.

• path <string> | <URL>
• options <string> | <Object>
  • encoding <string> Default: null
• Returns: a Readable Stream.

const wf = require('read-webfile')
let url = 'https://nodejs.org/en/'
 
const rs = wf.createReadStreamFromWeb(url)
rs.on('data', chunk => {
  console.log(chunk.toString('utf8'))
})
rs1.on('end', () => {
  console.log('onend')
})

notice

this function can not handler redirect such a http 304 code.