vinyl-source-stream 's direct dependencies. Data on all dependencies, including transitive ones, is available via CSV download.Vinyl-source-stream is a module that essentially allows you to use conventional text streams at the start of your gulp or vinyl pipelines, enhancing the interoperability with the existing npm stream ecosystem. It acts as a bridge allowing simple usage of the original module directly where possible, reducing the need for extra overhead such as additional GitHub repositories, npm modules, maintainers, tests, semantics, etc.
Using Vinyl-source-stream is relatively straightforward. It works by creating a through stream that takes text as input and emits a single vinyl file instance. You can use Vinyl-source-stream with gulp tasks, and it's particularly useful to use with browserify. Here's an illustrative example:
var source = require('vinyl-source-stream')
var streamify = require('gulp-streamify')
var browserify = require('browserify')
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify')
var gulpify = require('gulpify')
var rename = require('gulp-rename')
var gulp = require('gulp')
gulp.task('browserify', function() {
var bundleStream = browserify('./index.js').bundle()
bundleStream
.pipe(source('index.js'))
.pipe(streamify(uglify()))
.pipe(rename('bundle.js'))
.pipe(gulp.dest('./'))
})
In this example, you see the source function used after calling bundle(), indicating that you're using Vinyl-source-stream to handle output stream from browserify.
The Vinyl-source-stream docs can be found in the README.md file located in the GitHub repository, here. It contains detailed explanation of the module's purpose, usage, and API including code usage examples. Further reference and assistance could be taken from the usage section where practical code examples are provided. This ensures that developers can understand and use the functionality efficiently and effectively.
