v1.1.0: Fixing stuff for `request`, take two.

README.md

@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ Note that there are a few important differences between `combined-stream` and `c
 
 Most usecases will not be affected by these differences, but your mileage may vary.
 
+## Using `combined-stream2` with `request`
+
+__There's an important caveat when trying to append a `request` stream to a `combined-stream2`.__
+
+Because `request` does a bunch of strange non-standard hackery with streams, it doesn't play nicely with `combined-stream2` (and many other writable/transform streams). For convenience, `combined-stream2` contains a built-in workaround using a `PassThrough` stream specifically for dealing with `request` streams, but __this workaround will likely result in the entire response being buffered into memory.__
+
+Passing in response objects (that is, the object provided in the `response` event handler for a `request` call) is *completely unsupported* - trying to do so will likely break `combined-stream2`. You *must* pass in the `request` object, rather than the `response` object.
+
+I seriously suggest you consider using [`bhttp`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bhttp) instead - it has much more predictable behaviour.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```javascript

lib/combined-stream2.coffee

@@ -15,16 +15,25 @@ ofTypes = (obj, types) ->
 isStream = (obj) ->
 	return ofTypes obj, [stream.Readable, stream.Duplex, stream.Transform, stream.Stream]
 
-makeStreams2 = (stream) ->
+makeStreams2 = (sourceStream) ->
 	# Adapted from https://github.com/feross/multistream/blob/master/index.js
-	if not stream or typeof stream == "function" or stream instanceof Buffer or stream._readableState?
-		return stream
+	if not sourceStream or typeof sourceStream == "function" or sourceStream instanceof Buffer or sourceStream._readableState?
+		debug "already streams2 or otherwise compatible"
+		return sourceStream
 
+	if sourceStream.httpModule?
+		# This is a special case for `request`, because it does weird stream hackery.
+		# NOTE: The caveat is that this will buffer up in memory.
+		debug "found `request` stream, using PassThrough stream..."
+		return sourceStream.pipe(new stream.PassThrough())
+
+	debug "wrapping stream..."
 	wrapper = new stream.Readable().wrap(stream)
 
-	if stream.destroy?
-		wrapper.destroy = stream.destroy.bind(stream)
+	if sourceStream.destroy?
+		wrapper.destroy = sourceStream.destroy.bind(sourceStream)
 
+	debug "returning streams2-wrapped stream"
 	return wrapper
 
 # The actual stream class definition
@@ -116,6 +125,7 @@ class CombinedStream extends stream.Readable
 	_nextSource: (readSize) ->
 		if @_sources.length == 0
 			# We've run out of sources - signal EOF and bail.
+			debug "ran out of streams; pushing EOF"
 			@push null
 			return
 

lib/combined-stream2.js

@@ -25,15 +25,22 @@ isStream = function(obj) {
   return ofTypes(obj, [stream.Readable, stream.Duplex, stream.Transform, stream.Stream]);
 };
 
-makeStreams2 = function(stream) {
+makeStreams2 = function(sourceStream) {
   var wrapper;
-  if (!stream || typeof stream === "function" || stream instanceof Buffer || (stream._readableState != null)) {
-    return stream;
+  if (!sourceStream || typeof sourceStream === "function" || sourceStream instanceof Buffer || (sourceStream._readableState != null)) {
+    debug("already streams2 or otherwise compatible");
+    return sourceStream;
   }
+  if (sourceStream.httpModule != null) {
+    debug("found `request` stream, using PassThrough stream...");
+    return sourceStream.pipe(new stream.PassThrough());
+  }
+  debug("wrapping stream...");
   wrapper = new stream.Readable().wrap(stream);
-  if (stream.destroy != null) {
-    wrapper.destroy = stream.destroy.bind(stream);
+  if (sourceStream.destroy != null) {
+    wrapper.destroy = sourceStream.destroy.bind(sourceStream);
   }
+  debug("returning streams2-wrapped stream");
   return wrapper;
 };
 
@@ -177,6 +184,7 @@ CombinedStream = (function(_super) {
 
   CombinedStream.prototype._nextSource = function(readSize) {
     if (this._sources.length === 0) {
+      debug("ran out of streams; pushing EOF");
       this.push(null);
       return;
     }

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "combined-stream2",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "A drop-in Streams2-compatible replacement for combined-stream.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "gulp-plumber": "~0.6.3",
     "gulp-remember": "~0.2.0",
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.0",
-    "gulp-util": "~2.2.17"
+    "gulp-util": "~2.2.17",
+    "request": "^2.53.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^2.1.1",

testcase-request.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+request = require "request"
+CombinedStream = require "./lib/combined-stream2.coffee"
+str = require "stream"
+
+stream = CombinedStream.create()
+stream.append request("http://google.com/")
+stream.append new Buffer("\nDONE!\n")
+stream.pipe(new str.PassThrough).resume()