10.0.37

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@push.rocks/smartfile",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "10.0.33",
+  "version": "10.0.37",
   "description": "offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.js",
   "typings": "dist_ts/index.d.ts",

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '10.0.33',
+  version: '10.0.37',
   description: 'offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs'
 }

ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,33 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
     return new Smartfile(plugins.smartjson.parse(foldedJsonArg));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * creates a Smartfile from a ReadableStream
+   * @param stream a readable stream that provides file content
+   * @param filePath the file path to associate with the content
+   * @param baseArg the base path to use for the file
+   */
+  public static async fromStream(
+    stream: plugins.stream.Readable,
+    filePath: string,
+    baseArg: string = process.cwd()
+  ): Promise<Smartfile> {
+    return new Promise<Smartfile>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+      stream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk)));
+      stream.on('error', (error) => reject(error));
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        const contentBuffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);
+        const smartfile = new Smartfile({
+          contentBuffer: contentBuffer,
+          base: baseArg,
+          path: plugins.path.relative(baseArg, filePath),
+        });
+        resolve(smartfile);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   // ========
   // INSTANCE
   // ========
@@ -128,7 +155,7 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * @param contentString
    */
   public setContentsFromString(contentString: string, encodingArg: 'utf8' | 'binary' = 'utf8') {
-    this.contents = new Buffer(contentString, encodingArg);
+    this.contents = Buffer.from(contentString, encodingArg);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -262,4 +289,14 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
     const newFileString = await editFuncArg(this.contentBuffer.toString());
     this.contentBuffer = Buffer.from(newFileString);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a ReadableStream from the file's content buffer
+   */
+  public getStream(): plugins.stream.Readable {
+    const stream = new plugins.stream.Readable();
+    stream.push(this.contentBuffer); // Push the content buffer to the stream
+    stream.push(null); // Push null to signify the end of the stream (EOF)
+    return stream;
+  }
 }

ts/smartfile.fs.ts

@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ export const toBufferSync = (filePath: string): Buffer => {
   return plugins.fsExtra.readFileSync(filePath);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Creates a Readable Stream from a file path.
+ * @param filePath The path to the file.
+ * @returns {fs.ReadStream}
+ */
+export const toReadStream = (filePath: string): plugins.fs.ReadStream => {
+  if (!fileExistsSync(filePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`File does not exist at path: ${filePath}`);
+  }
+  return plugins.fsExtra.createReadStream(filePath);
+};
+
 export const fileTreeToHash = async (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => {
   const fileTreeObject = await fileTreeToObject(dirPathArg, miniMatchFilter);
   let combinedString = '';