SourceGraph Search Streaming Client

A streaming client for SourceGraph search results.

Implements a client for streaming search results from a SourceGraph instance, provide an async generators for the search results, and support for authentication via access tokens or OAuth tokens.

See the Sourcegraph Stream API for more details.

Battle-tested in production environments.

Usage

Install the package:

npm i source-graph-stream-client

Creating a client

Create a client with your SourceGraph instance URL and access token:

import {SourceGraphClient} from "source-graph-stream-client";

const client = new SourceGraphClient({
    url: "https://example.sourcegraph.com/.api/search/stream",
    accessToken: "your-access-token",
});

Client Options

The minimal required options are url and either accessToken or oauthToken.

Option	Type	Description	Default
url	string	The SourceGraph instance search stream endpoint.	required
accessToken	string	The access token for authentication. Can not use with oauthToken	undefined
oauthToken	string	The OAuth token for authentication. Can not use with accessToken	undefined
throwOnError	boolean	Whether to throw an error for fail to parse a message or just skip it.	false
init	RequestInit	Additional fetch options to use when making requests.	undefined

See the options definition for more details

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Streaming search results

Stream search results using for-await-of:

for await (const result of client.search("your search query")) {
    console.log(result);
}

Streaming search results with search options

for await (const result of client.search("query", {displayLimit: 10})) {
    console.log(result);
}

See the SearchOptions type for all available search options.

Exported Search Result Types

The client exports the following search result types:

• ContentSearchResult - represents a result from a file content.
• RepoSearchResult - represents a result from a repository name/path.
• PathSearchResult - represents a result from a file/directory path.

See the types definitions for more details.

Streaming all SourceGraph search events

You can also stream all SourceGraph events (not just search results) using the raw method:

for await (const event of client.raw("your search query")) {
    console.log(event);
}

See the SourceGraph Event-Types for more details.