https://github.com/petermikitsh/http-stream-examples

Examples demonstrating the use of NodeJS streams with HTTP
https://github.com/petermikitsh/http-stream-examples

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Examples demonstrating the use of NodeJS streams with HTTP

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/petermikitsh/http-stream-examples
• Owner: petermikitsh
• Created: 2019-02-25T04:32:03.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-25T08:27:15.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-02T01:23:55.258Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: http, nodejs, stream
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 373 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# http-stream

Examples demonstrating the use of NodeJS streams with HTTP.

## Why streams?

Streams are useful when dealing with large quantities of data and properly managing an application's memory footprint.

## Examples

`GET /ttfb`

This shows how streams and TTFB (time to first byte) / TTLB (time to last byte) are related.

After ~1000ms, the first byte is sent. And at ~5000ms, the last byte is sent.

![HTTP GET /ttfb](ttfb.gif)

![HTTP GET /ttfb](ttfb.png)

`GET /html`

This shows how browsers handles a streaming DOM. Notice how the `title`, `body` and end of the document are progressively displayed. (Note: this browser behavior varies).

![HTTP GET /html](html.gif)

`GET /users`

This endpoint demonstrates how to consume a paginated JSON api and convert it to CSV using streams and piping.

View the comments in the code for more details on how it works.

![HTTP GET /users](users.gif)

## Developing

```

npm install

npm start

```