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sindresorhus/into-stream

Convert a string/promise/array/iterable/asynciterable/buffer/typedarray/arraybuffer/object into a stream

JavaScript

211

53 commits

updated Sep 18, 2026

See the code

README

into-stream

Convert a string/promise/array/iterable/asynciterable/uint8array/typedarray/arraybuffer/readablestream/object into a stream

Correctly handles backpressure.

Install

npm install into-stream

Usage

import intoStream from 'into-stream';

intoStream('unicorn').pipe(process.stdout);
//=> 'unicorn'

API

intoStream(input)

Type: Uint8Array | TypedArray | ArrayBuffer | string | Iterable<string | Uint8Array | TypedArray> | AsyncIterable<string | Uint8Array | TypedArray> | ReadableStream | Promise
Returns: Readable stream

intoStream.object(input)

Type: object | Iterable<object> | AsyncIterable<object> | Promise
Returns: Readable object stream

Limitations

The streams returned by this package cannot be used with the stdio option of Node.js child_process methods. Use fs.createReadStream() instead.

nodejs
npm-package
readable-stream
stream

Project health

Overall

3.5/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

1/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

npm

into-stream

Latest release

9.1.0 · Feb 2, 2026

Releases this year

1

Significant stargazers

Arthur Verschaeve

1,596 followers · starred Jun 2015

Nick Tomlin

151 followers · starred Jun 2015

Jordan

54 followers · starred Jul 2019

Aljeksej Jaroševič

121 followers · starred Oct 2016

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sindresorhus/into-stream

Convert a string/promise/array/iterable/asynciterable/buffer/typedarray/arraybuffer/object into a stream

JavaScript

211

53 commits

updated Sep 18, 2026

See the code

README

into-stream

Convert a string/promise/array/iterable/asynciterable/uint8array/typedarray/arraybuffer/readablestream/object into a stream

Correctly handles backpressure.

Install

npm install into-stream

Usage

import intoStream from 'into-stream';

intoStream('unicorn').pipe(process.stdout);
//=> 'unicorn'

API

intoStream(input)

Type: Uint8Array | TypedArray | ArrayBuffer | string | Iterable<string | Uint8Array | TypedArray> | AsyncIterable<string | Uint8Array | TypedArray> | ReadableStream | Promise
Returns: Readable stream

intoStream.object(input)

Type: object | Iterable<object> | AsyncIterable<object> | Promise
Returns: Readable object stream

Limitations

The streams returned by this package cannot be used with the stdio option of Node.js child_process methods. Use fs.createReadStream() instead.

nodejs
npm-package
readable-stream
stream

Project health

Overall

3.5/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

1/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

npm

into-stream

Latest release

9.1.0 · Feb 2, 2026

Releases this year

1

Significant stargazers

Arthur Verschaeve

1,596 followers · starred Jun 2015

Nick Tomlin

151 followers · starred Jun 2015

Jordan

54 followers · starred Jul 2019

Aljeksej Jaroševič

121 followers · starred Oct 2016

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Get a stream as a string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer or array

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Get stdin as a string or buffer

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sindresorhus/is-stream

Check if something is a Node.js stream

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sindresorhus/hook-std

Hook and modify stdout and stderr

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