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https://github.com/richard-viney/file_streams

Gleam library that provides access to Erlang file streams.
https://github.com/richard-viney/file_streams

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Gleam library that provides access to Erlang file streams.

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# Gleam File Streams



This Gleam library provides access to Erlang's file streams for reading and

writing files. If you don't require streaming behaviour then consider using

[`simplifile`](https://hex.pm/packages/simplifile) instead.



[![Package Version](https://img.shields.io/hexpm/v/file_streams)](https://hex.pm/packages/file_streams)

[![Hex Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/hex-docs-ffaff3)](https://hexdocs.pm/file_streams/)

![Erlang Compatible](https://img.shields.io/badge/target-erlang-a90432)



## Usage



Add this library to your project:



```sh

gleam add file_streams

```



The following code writes data to a file using a file stream, then reads it back

in using a second file stream, first as raw bytes and then as lines of UTF-8

text.



```gleam

import file_streams/file_stream

import file_streams/file_stream_error



pub fn main() {

  let filename = "test.txt"



  // Write file

  let assert Ok(stream) = file_stream.open_write(filename)

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.write_bytes(stream, <<"Hello!\n":utf8>>)

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.write_chars(stream, "12")

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.close(stream)



  // Read file

  let assert Ok(stream) = file_stream.open_read(filename)

  let assert Ok(<<"Hello!\n":utf8>>) = file_stream.read_bytes(stream, 7)

  let assert Ok([49, 50]) =

    file_stream.read_list(stream, file_stream.read_uint8, 2)

  let assert Error(file_stream_error.Eof) = file_stream.read_bytes(stream, 1)



  // Reset file position to the start and read line by line

  let assert Ok(0) =

    file_stream.position(stream, file_stream.BeginningOfFile(0))

  let assert Ok("Hello!\n") = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Ok("12") = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Error(file_stream_error.Eof) = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.close(stream)

}

```



### Working with Text Encodings



If a text encoding is specified when opening a file stream it allows for

reading and writing of characters and lines of text stored in that encoding.

To open a text file stream use the `file_stream.open_read_text()` and

`file_stream.open_write_text()` functions. The supported encodings are `Latin1`,

`Unicode` (UTF-8), `Utf16`, and `Utf32`. The default encoding is `Latin1`.



File streams opened with a text encoding aren't compatible with the `Raw` file

open mode that significantly improves IO performance on Erlang. Specifying both

`Raw` and `Encoding` when calling `file_stream.open()` returns `Error(Enotsup)`.



Although a text encoding can't be specified with `Raw` mode, the

`file_stream.read_line()` and `file_stream.write_chars()` functions can still be

used to work with UTF-8 data. This means that text encoded as UTF-8 can be

handled with high performance in `Raw` mode.



When a text encoding other than `Latin1` is specified, functions that read and

write raw bytes and other binary data aren't supported and will return

`Error(Enotsup)`.



The following code demonstrates working with a UTF-16 file stream.



```gleam

import file_streams/file_stream

import file_streams/file_stream_error

import file_streams/text_encoding



pub fn main() {

  let filename = "test.txt"

  let encoding = text_encoding.Utf16(text_encoding.Little)



  // Write UTF-16 text file

  let assert Ok(stream) = file_stream.open_write_text(filename, encoding)

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.write_chars(stream, "Hello!\n")

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.write_chars(stream, "Gleam is cool!\n")

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.close(stream)



  // Read UTF-16 text file

  let assert Ok(stream) = file_stream.open_read_text(filename, encoding)

  let assert Ok("Hello!\n") = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Ok("Gleam") = file_stream.read_chars(stream, 5)

  let assert Ok(" is cool!\n") = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Error(file_stream_error.Eof) = file_stream.read_line(stream)

  let assert Ok(Nil) = file_stream.close(stream)

}

```



### API Documentation



API documentation can be found at .



## License



This library is published under the MIT license, a copy of which is included.