streamer-express-lite

An npm package used for streaming files from a remote URL (or a file path) to your client.

Example usages: Video streaming, audio streaming (YouTube).

Install

npm install streamer-express-lite

Demo

Client side: index.html

<video id="videoPlayer" width="650" controls autoplay>
    <source src="/video" type="video/mp4"/>
</video>

Server side: index.js

const express = require('express')
const stream = require("streamer-express-lite")
const app = express()
const url = 'https://file-examples.com/storage/febff38cc26310eb29aeb82/2017/04/file_example_MP4_1280_10MG.mp4';

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + "/index.html")
})

app.get('/video', async (req, res) => {
    stream(req, url, res)
})

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log("Server is up and running on port 3000")
})

Your video should be playing now.

Support for TypeScript coming soon.

Author

@Realman78