# it-drain

> Empties an async iterator

Latest version **3.0.12** (published 2026-04-10) · Apache-2.0 OR MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install it-drain
pnpm add it-drain
yarn add it-drain
bun add it-drain
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.12 |
| Published | 2026-04-10 |
| First published | 2020-02-17 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 12.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 283 |
| Author | Alex Potsides |
| Maintainers | achingbrain |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/it-drain
- Repository: https://github.com/achingbrain/it
- Homepage: https://github.com/achingbrain/it/tree/main/packages/it-drain#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/achingbrain/it/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/it-drain

## Recent versions

- 3.0.12 (latest) — 2026-04-10
- 3.0.11 — 2026-04-10
- 3.0.10 — 2025-06-01
- 3.0.9 — 2025-05-13
- 3.0.8 — 2025-03-06
- 3.0.7 — 2024-04-25
- 3.0.6 — 2024-04-24
- 3.0.5 — 2023-11-15
- 3.0.4 — 2023-11-12
- 3.0.3 — 2023-08-16
- 3.0.2 — 2023-05-09
- 3.0.1 — 2023-03-31
- 3.0.0 — 2023-03-30
- 2.0.1 — 2023-03-02
- 2.0.0 — 2022-10-17
- … 6 more at https://npm.io/package/it-drain/versions

## README

# it-drain

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> Empties an async iterator

# About

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Mostly useful for tests or when you want to be explicit about consuming an iterable without doing anything with any yielded values.

## Example

```javascript
import drain from 'it-drain'

// This can also be an iterator, generator, etc
const values = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

drain(values)
```

Async sources must be awaited:

```javascript
import drain from 'it-drain'

const values = async function * {
  yield * [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
}

await drain(values())
```

# Install

```console
$ npm i it-drain
```

## Browser `<script>` tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make its exports available as `ItDrain` in the global namespace.

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/it-drain/dist/index.min.js"></script>
```

# API Docs

- <https://achingbrain.github.io/it/modules/it-drain.html>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/achingbrain/it/blob/main/packages/it-drain/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/achingbrain/it/blob/main/packages/it-drain/LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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