Node Streams

This project consumes a file and writes the file to a different location. It logs the read and write information to an optional log file, and reports the output to the terminal.

Starting the project

To start the program, copy npm install && npm start into the terminal

The custom start script will run the default script:

node server sample/song_of_storms.mp3 -t -l -v

Custom Start

You can tell the program to consume your own file by specifying the path. Otherwise you may use the test files in /sample.

node server <FILE PATH> [OPTIONS]

example: node server ../../someFile.js -l

Available options:

The following custom arguments are provided by argv:

• -v Verbose provides extra informational text
• -l Log appends to the logfile at /logs/logfile.txt
• -t Test runs the test file at /tests/server-test.js using Mocha

Logfile

• timestamp
• total elapsed time
• total length in bytes
• rate of input stream in bytes/ms
• total lines

Testing

Testing provided by passing the -t argument.