A way to send buffer in a stream

[vj-abishek]

At the sender end, I'm using a package known as chunk-stream to chunk the data.

Sender

 fileReaderStream(FileList).pipe(chunk(16000)).pipe(peer);

My question:

Is there any way to listen for peer.on('stream') and access the data at the receiver end?
I need to receive the data in a stream, is that possible?

I'm transferring files in this example, not video/audio.

[jarretttaylor]

@vj-abishek You likely want to send the files over a DataChannel. These two responses may help guide you to a solution.
#409
#561

[vj-abishek]

@jarretttaylor Do you know any package which converts TypedArray into a stream. Im gonna use streamSaver, which needs stream as an input.

[jarretttaylor]

@vj-abishek Unfortunately, we are well outside of my area of expertise, so I am likely not of much help. That being said, you might look into ReadableStream and see if it could be of some use.

[vj-abishek]

Found a package which is used to share files.

Sender

import SimplePeerFiles from 'simple-peer-files'
const spf = new SimplePeerFiles()

  // peer is the SimplePeer object connection to receiver
spf.send(peer, 'myFileID', file).then(transfer => {
   transfer.on('progress', sentBytes => {
      console.log(sentBytes)
   })
    transfer.start()
})

Reciever

import SimplePeerFiles from 'simple-peer-files'
const spf = new SimplePeerFiles()

// peer is the SimplePeer object connection to sender
spf.receive(peer, 'myFileID').then(transfer => {
  transfer.on('progress', sentBytes => {
    console.log(sentBytes)
  })

  transfer.on('done', (file) => {
     console.log(URL.createObjectURL(file))
  });
})

Stream

spf.receive(peer, 'myFileID').then(transfer => {
 const fileStream = transfer.createReadStream()
// Do whatever you want with the stream
})