function compose | Node.js stream module

function compose(

stream: WritableStream | TransformStream<unknown, any> | WritableStream<unknown> | ComposeSource<any> | (source: AsyncIterable<unknown>) => void

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

source: S,

destination: D

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

source: S,

transform: T,

destination: D

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

source: S,

transform1: T1,

transform2: T2,

destination: D

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

source: S,

transform1: T1,

transform2: T2,

transform3: T3,

destination: D

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

source: S,

transform1: T1,

transform2: T2,

transform3: T3,

transform4: T4,

destination: D

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

function compose(

...streams: [ComposeSource<any>, ...ComposeTransformStreams<unknown, any> | ComposeTransformGenerator<unknown, any>[], WritableStream | TransformStream<unknown, any> | WritableStream<unknown> | (source: AsyncIterable<unknown>) => void]

): Duplex;

Combines two or more streams into a Duplex stream that writes to the first stream and reads from the last. Each provided stream is piped into the next, using stream.pipeline. If any of the streams error then all are destroyed, including the outer Duplex stream.

Because stream.compose returns a new stream that in turn can (and should) be piped into other streams, it enables composition. In contrast, when passing streams to stream.pipeline, typically the first stream is a readable stream and the last a writable stream, forming a closed circuit.

If passed a Function it must be a factory method taking a source Iterable.

import { compose, Transform } from 'node:stream';

const removeSpaces = new Transform({
  transform(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    callback(null, String(chunk).replace(' ', ''));
  },
});

async function* toUpper(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
}

let res = '';
for await (const buf of compose(removeSpaces, toUpper).end('hello world')) {
  res += buf;
}

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

stream.compose can be used to convert async iterables, generators and functions into streams.

AsyncIterable converts into a readable Duplex. Cannot yield null.
AsyncGeneratorFunction converts into a readable/writable transform Duplex. Must take a source AsyncIterable as first parameter. Cannot yield null.
AsyncFunction converts into a writable Duplex. Must return either null or undefined.

import { compose } from 'node:stream';
import { finished } from 'node:stream/promises';

// Convert AsyncIterable into readable Duplex.
const s1 = compose(async function*() {
  yield 'Hello';
  yield 'World';
}());

// Convert AsyncGenerator into transform Duplex.
const s2 = compose(async function*(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    yield String(chunk).toUpperCase();
  }
});

let res = '';

// Convert AsyncFunction into writable Duplex.
const s3 = compose(async function(source) {
  for await (const chunk of source) {
    res += chunk;
  }
});

await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));

console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'

See readable.compose(stream) for stream.compose as operator.

stream.default.compose

Referenced types

interface TransformStream<I = any, O = any>

interface WritableStream<W = any>