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Streaming a response with Express.js
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var express = require('express') | |
var app = express() | |
app.listen(1337) | |
app.all('/stream/:chunks', function (req, res, next) { | |
res.writeHead(200, { | |
'Content-Type': 'text/plain', | |
'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked' | |
}) | |
// set default chunks to 10 | |
var chunks = req.params.chunks || 10 | |
// max out chunks at 100 | |
if (chunks > 100) chunks = 100 | |
var count = 1 | |
while (count <= chunks) { | |
res.write(JSON.stringify({ | |
type: "stream", | |
chunk: count++ | |
})+'\n') | |
}; | |
res.end() | |
next() | |
}); |
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