# browser-stream-util > utility functions for web streams Latest version **1.3.7** (published 2025-11-24) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install browser-stream-util pnpm add browser-stream-util yarn add browser-stream-util bun add browser-stream-util ``` ## Health **Score 70/100 (B)** — status: stable. Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score; high quality score. Warnings: low downloads. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 1.3.7 | | Published | 2025-11-24 | | First published | 2022-11-30 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | ESM + CommonJS | | Dependencies | 0 | | Unpacked size | 14.7 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 1 | | Maintainers | k0nsti | | Keywords | stream, util | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-stream-util - Repository: https://github.com/k0nsti/browser-stream-util - Homepage: https://github.com/k0nsti/browser-stream-util#readme - Issues: https://github.com/k0nsti/browser-stream-util/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/browser-stream-util ## Alternatives - [byte-size](https://npm.io/package/byte-size.md) — 2.1M weekly downloads - [speed-limiter](https://npm.io/package/speed-limiter.md) — 16.0K weekly downloads - [@powersync/node](https://npm.io/package/@powersync/node.md) — 10.9K weekly downloads - [@ledgerhq/coin-cardano](https://npm.io/package/@ledgerhq/coin-cardano.md) — 1.0K weekly downloads - [@jayesol/jayeson.lib.streamfinder](https://npm.io/package/@jayesol/jayeson.lib.streamfinder.md) — 1.0K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 1.3.7 (latest) — 2025-11-24 - 1.3.6 — 2025-05-10 - 1.3.5 — 2025-05-07 - 1.3.4 — 2024-12-19 - 1.3.3 — 2024-11-20 - 1.3.2 — 2024-11-08 - 1.3.1 — 2024-11-02 - 1.3.0 — 2024-10-15 - 1.2.1 — 2024-05-20 - 1.2.0 — 2024-02-14 - 1.1.0 — 2023-03-13 - 1.0.0 — 2022-11-30 ## README [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/browser-stream-util.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-stream-util) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT--Clause-blue.svg)](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html) [![Typed with TypeScript](https://flat.badgen.net/badge/icon/Typed?icon=typescript\&label\&labelColor=blue\&color=555555)](https://typescriptlang.org) [![bundlejs](https://deno.bundlejs.com/?q=browser-stream-util\&badge=detailed)](https://bundlejs.com/?q=browser-stream-util) [![downloads](http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/browser-stream-util.svg?style=flat-square)](https://npmjs.org/package/browser-stream-util) [![GitHub Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/k0nsti/browser-stream-util.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/k0nsti/browser-stream-util/issues) [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Factions-badge.atrox.dev%2Fk0nsti%2Fbrowser-stream-util%2Fbadge\&style=flat)](https://actions-badge.atrox.dev/k0nsti/browser-stream-util/goto) [![Styled with prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/styled_with-prettier-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) [![Commitizen friendly](https://img.shields.io/badge/commitizen-friendly-brightgreen.svg)](http://commitizen.github.io/cz-cli/) [![Known Vulnerabilities](https://snyk.io/test/github/k0nsti/browser-stream-util/badge.svg)](https://snyk.io/test/github/k0nsti/browser-stream-util) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/k0nsti/browser-stream-util/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/k0nsti/browser-stream-util) # browser-stream-util utility functions for web streams * [Streams API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API) # API ### Table of Contents * [iteratorToStream](#iteratortostream) * [Parameters](#parameters) * [stringToStream](#stringtostream) * [Parameters](#parameters-1) * [uint8ToStream](#uint8tostream) * [Parameters](#parameters-2) * [streamToString](#streamtostring) * [Parameters](#parameters-3) * [streamToUint8Array](#streamtouint8array) * [Parameters](#parameters-4) * [streamToUint8Array](#streamtouint8array-1) * [Parameters](#parameters-5) * [emptyStream](#emptystream) ## iteratorToStream Converts an iterator into a ReadableStream. ### Parameters * `iterator` **(AsyncIterator<[Uint8Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array)> | Iterator<[Uint8Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array)>)** Returns **ReadableStream** ## stringToStream Encodes a string into a ReadableStream. ### Parameters * `str` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** * `encoder` **[TextEncoder](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/TextEncoder)?** (optional, default `new TextEncoder()`) Returns **ReadableStream** ## uint8ToStream Encodes a uint8 array into a ReadableStream. ### Parameters * `array` **[Uint8Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array)** Returns **ReadableStream** ## streamToString Reads web stream content into a string. ### Parameters * `stream` **ReadableStream** * `decoder` **[TextDecoder](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/TextDecoder)?** (optional, default `new TextDecoder()`) Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)<[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)>** ## streamToUint8Array Reads web stream content into a Uint8Array. ### Parameters * `stream` **ReadableStream** * `maxByteLength` **[number](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number)** Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)<[Uint8Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array)>** ## streamToUint8Array Reads web stream content into a Uint8Array. ### Parameters * `stream` **ReadableStream** Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)<[Uint8Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array)>** ## emptyStream Delivers a zero length ReadableStream with no data. Returns **ReadableStream** # install With [npm](http://npmjs.org) do: ```shell npm install browser-stream-util ``` # license BSD-2-Clause --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/browser-stream-util · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._