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| 1 | +# pg-query-stream |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[](https://travis-ci.org/brianc/node-pg-query-stream) |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Receive result rows from [pg](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres) as a readable (object) stream. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## installation |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +```bash |
| 11 | +$ npm install pg --save |
| 12 | +$ npm install pg-query-stream --save |
| 13 | +``` |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +_requires pg>=2.8.1_ |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## use |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +```js |
| 21 | +const pg = require('pg') |
| 22 | +const QueryStream = require('pg-query-stream') |
| 23 | +const JSONStream = require('JSONStream') |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +//pipe 1,000,000 rows to stdout without blowing up your memory usage |
| 26 | +pg.connect((err, client, done) => { |
| 27 | + if (err) throw err; |
| 28 | + const query = new QueryStream('SELECT * FROM generate_series(0, $1) num', [1000000]) |
| 29 | + const stream = client.query(query) |
| 30 | + //release the client when the stream is finished |
| 31 | + stream.on('end', done) |
| 32 | + stream.pipe(JSONStream.stringify()).pipe(process.stdout) |
| 33 | +}) |
| 34 | +``` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The stream uses a cursor on the server so it efficiently keeps only a low number of rows in memory. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +This is especially useful when doing [ETL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract,_transform,_load) on a huge table. Using manual `limit` and `offset` queries to fake out async itteration through your data is cumbersome, and _way way way_ slower than using a cursor. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +_note: this module only works with the JavaScript client, and does not work with the native bindings. libpq doesn't expose the protocol at a level where a cursor can be manipulated directly_ |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## contribution |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +I'm very open to contribution! Open a pull request with your code or idea and we'll talk about it. If it's not way insane we'll merge it in too: isn't open source awesome? |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## license |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +The MIT License (MIT) |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Copyright (c) 2013 Brian M. Carlson |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy |
| 53 | +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal |
| 54 | +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights |
| 55 | +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell |
| 56 | +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is |
| 57 | +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in |
| 60 | +all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR |
| 63 | +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, |
| 64 | +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE |
| 65 | +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER |
| 66 | +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, |
| 67 | +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN |
| 68 | +THE SOFTWARE. |
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