osm-file processing

[Jack8787]

Hello, I'd like to figure out how, after all, pbf-files are processed by using pbf-module.
I'm working with central-america-latest.osm.pbf, here is what I'm triing to do:

---- Pbf = require('pbf'), Example = require('./protobuf/example.js');
// so far, so good - the file example.js is compiled as described in the documentation

---- fs.createReadStream -> chunk -> var pbf = new Pbf(chunk) -> objs = Example.read(pbf) -> ?
Error: Example.read is not a function. What could I miss in documentation? Maybe this module is not intended for streams?

[kjvalencik]

The pbf library does not directly support the PBF Format. You would need a high level wrapper that understands the repeating block format.

Additionally, protobuf does not support streams directly. When decoding a pbf OSM file, it would be necessary to buffer until an entire message is available to decode.