readable

make buffers into something you can slice bytes off at will, for when a stream is too much.

Installation

npm install readable

API

Readable(buf) → function read(n)

Creates your readable. Will cast buf to a Buffer.

read(n) → Buffer

Slices the first n bytes off, and hand them to you. If there aren't enough bytes left, we'll throw an error.

read(-1) → UInt8

Slices the first byte off, and hands it straight to you, no Buffer wrapping. Sugar for read(1)[0].

read.able

Amount of bytes left in the buffer.

read.push(chunk)

Push another chunk onto your buffer. Will cast chunk to a Buffer.