tap-stream

Taps a nodejs stream and logs the data that's coming through.

tap-stream

Taps a nodejs stream and logs the data that's coming through.

npm install tap-stream

Given an object stream we can print out objects passing through and control the detail via the depth parameter:

objectStream().pipe(tap(0));

objectStream().pipe(tap(1));

objectStream().pipe(tap(2));

For even more control a custom log function may be supplied:

objectStream()
  .pipe(tap(function customLog (data) {
      var nest = data.nest;
      console.log ('Bird: %s, id: %s, age: %s, layed egg: %s', nest.name, data.id, nest.age, nest.egg !== undefined);
    })
  );

Bird: yellow rumped warbler, id: 0, age: 1, layed egg: true
Bird: yellow rumped warbler, id: 1, age: 1, layed egg: true

API

tap( [ depth | log ] )

Intercepts the stream and logs data that is passing through.

optional parameter is either a Number or a Function
if no parameter is given, depth defaults to 0 and log to console.log(util.inspect(..))
depth controls the depth with which util.inspect is called
log replaces the default logging function with a custom one

Example:

var tap = require('tap-stream');
 
myStream
  .pipe(tap(1)) // log intermediate results 
  .pipe(..)     // continute manipulating the data

Object stream

Included in order to give context for above examples.

function objectStream () {
  var s = new Stream()
    , objects = 0;
 
  var iv = setInterval(
      function () {
        s.emit('data', { 
            id: objects
          , created: new Date()
          , nest: { 
                name: 'yellow rumped warbler'
              , age: 1
              , egg: { name: 'unknown' , age: 0 }
              } 
          }
        , 4
        );
 
        if (++objects === 2) {
            s.emit('end');
            clearInterval(iv);
        }
      }
    , 200);
  return s;
}