datauri-stream v1.0.3

datauri-stream

Lightweight data ─► data URI transform stream.

examples

Use with the file system:

var DataUri = require('datauri-stream')
var fs = require('fs')

fs.createReadStream('./picture.jpg')
	.pipe(DataUri())
	.pipe(process.stdout)
// 'data:image/jpg;base64,iVBORw0KGg...'

Use with http requests:

var DataUri = require('datauri-stream')
var http = require('http')

http.get('http://josephdykstra.com/logo.png', function(res) {
	res.pipe(DataUri())
		.pipe(process.stdout)
	// 'data:image/png;base64,Vs8uZ29vZG...'
})

Use on the browser with browserify:

var DataUri = require('datauri-stream')
var hyperquest = require('hyperquest')
var concat = require('concat-stream')

hyperquest('https://www.npmjs.com/static/images/npm-logo.svg')
	.pipe(DataUri({ mime: 'image/svg' }))
	.pipe(concat(function (dataUri) {
		var img = document.createElement('img')
		img.src = dataUri
		document.body.appendChild(img)
	}))

api

var DataUriStream = require('datauri-stream')

var ts = DataUriStream([opts])

opts.mime

An optional override for the mime type.

The mime type will be automatically detected otherwise, using the file-type module. It supports many file types.

If the source is not a file, then you'll want to supply the mime type.

ts

A standard Transform Stream. Pipe to and from it.

install

With npm do:

npm install datauri-stream

see also

• pipe-transform-cli - Command line utility to pipe one input encoding to another encoding

license

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