isStream

Test if an object is a
Stream
The missing
Stream.isStream(obj)
: determine if an object is standard Node.js Stream
. Works for Node-core Stream
objects (for 0.8, 0.10, 0.11, and in theory, older and newer versions) and all versions of readable-stream.Usage:
var isStream = require('isstream')
var Stream = require('stream')
isStream(new Stream()) // true
isStream({}) // false
isStream(new Stream.Readable()) // true
isStream(new Stream.Writable()) // true
isStream(new Stream.Duplex()) // true
isStream(new Stream.Transform()) // true
isStream(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true
But wait! There's more!
You can also test forisReadable(obj)
, isWritable(obj)
and isDuplex(obj)
to test for implementations of Streams2 (and Streams3) base classes.var isReadable = require('isstream').isReadable
var isWritable = require('isstream').isWritable
var isDuplex = require('isstream').isDuplex
var Stream = require('stream')
isReadable(new Stream()) // false
isWritable(new Stream()) // false
isDuplex(new Stream()) // false
isReadable(new Stream.Readable()) // true
isReadable(new Stream.Writable()) // false
isReadable(new Stream.Duplex()) // true
isReadable(new Stream.Transform()) // true
isReadable(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true
isWritable(new Stream.Readable()) // false
isWritable(new Stream.Writable()) // true
isWritable(new Stream.Duplex()) // true
isWritable(new Stream.Transform()) // true
isWritable(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true
isDuplex(new Stream.Readable()) // false
isDuplex(new Stream.Writable()) // false
isDuplex(new Stream.Duplex()) // true
isDuplex(new Stream.Transform()) // true
isDuplex(new Stream.PassThrough()) // true
Reminder: when implementing your own streams, please use readable-stream rather than core streams.