1# trough 2 3[![Build][build-badge]][build] 4[![Coverage][coverage-badge]][coverage] 5[![Downloads][downloads-badge]][downloads] 6[![Size][size-badge]][size] 7 8> **trough** /trôf/ — a channel used to convey a liquid. 9 10`trough` is like [`ware`][ware] with less sugar, and middleware functions can 11change the input of the next. 12 13## Install 14 15[npm][]: 16 17```sh 18npm install trough 19``` 20 21## Use 22 23```js 24var fs = require('fs') 25var path = require('path') 26var trough = require('trough') 27 28var pipeline = trough() 29 .use(function(fileName) { 30 console.log('Checking… ' + fileName) 31 }) 32 .use(function(fileName) { 33 return path.join(process.cwd(), fileName) 34 }) 35 .use(function(filePath, next) { 36 fs.stat(filePath, function(err, stats) { 37 next(err, {filePath, stats}) 38 }) 39 }) 40 .use(function(ctx, next) { 41 if (ctx.stats.isFile()) { 42 fs.readFile(ctx.filePath, next) 43 } else { 44 next(new Error('Expected file')) 45 } 46 }) 47 48pipeline.run('readme.md', console.log) 49pipeline.run('node_modules', console.log) 50``` 51 52Yields: 53 54```txt 55Checking… readme.md 56Checking… node_modules 57Error: Expected file 58 at ~/example.js:21:12 59 at wrapped (~/node_modules/trough/index.js:93:19) 60 at next (~/node_modules/trough/index.js:56:24) 61 at done (~/node_modules/trough/index.js:124:12) 62 at ~/node_modules/example.js:14:7 63 at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:5) 64null <Buffer 23 20 74 72 6f 75 67 68 20 5b 21 5b 42 75 69 6c 64 20 53 74 61 74 75 73 5d 5b 74 72 61 76 69 73 2d 62 61 64 67 65 5d 5d 5b 74 72 61 76 69 73 5d 20 5b ... > 65``` 66 67## API 68 69### `trough()` 70 71Create a new [`Trough`][trough]. 72 73#### `trough.wrap(middleware, callback[, …input])` 74 75Call `middleware` with all input. 76If `middleware` accepts more arguments than given in input, and extra `done` 77function is passed in after the input when calling it. 78It must be called. 79 80The first value in `input` is called the main input value. 81All other input values are called the rest input values. 82The values given to `callback` are the input values, merged with every non-nully 83output value. 84 85* If `middleware` throws an error, returns a promise that is rejected, or 86 calls the given `done` function with an error, `callback` is invoked with 87 that error 88* If `middleware` returns a value or returns a promise that is resolved, that 89 value is the main output value 90* If `middleware` calls `done`, all non-nully values except for the first one 91 (the error) overwrite the output values 92 93### `Trough` 94 95A pipeline. 96 97#### `Trough#run([input…, ]done)` 98 99Run the pipeline (all [`use()`][use]d middleware). 100Invokes [`done`][done] on completion with either an error or the output of the 101last middleware. 102 103> Note! 104> as the length of input defines whether [async][] functions get a `next` 105> function, it’s recommended to keep `input` at one value normally. 106 107##### `function done(err?, [output…])` 108 109The final handler passed to [`run()`][run], invoked with an error if a 110[middleware function][fn] rejected, passed, or threw one, or the output of the 111last middleware function. 112 113#### `Trough#use(fn)` 114 115Add `fn`, a [middleware function][fn], to the pipeline. 116 117##### `function fn([input…, ][next])` 118 119A middleware function invoked with the output of its predecessor. 120 121###### Synchronous 122 123If `fn` returns or throws an error, the pipeline fails and `done` is invoked 124with that error. 125 126If `fn` returns a value (neither `null` nor `undefined`), the first `input` of 127the next function is set to that value (all other `input` is passed through). 128 129The following example shows how returning an error stops the pipeline: 130 131```js 132var trough = require('trough') 133 134trough() 135 .use(function(val) { 136 return new Error('Got: ' + val) 137 }) 138 .run('some value', console.log) 139``` 140 141Yields: 142 143```txt 144Error: Got: some value 145 at ~/example.js:5:12 146 … 147``` 148 149The following example shows how throwing an error stops the pipeline: 150 151```js 152var trough = require('trough') 153 154trough() 155 .use(function(val) { 156 throw new Error('Got: ' + val) 157 }) 158 .run('more value', console.log) 159``` 160 161Yields: 162 163```txt 164Error: Got: more value 165 at ~/example.js:5:11 166 … 167``` 168 169The following example shows how the first output can be modified: 170 171```js 172var trough = require('trough') 173 174trough() 175 .use(function(val) { 176 return 'even ' + val 177 }) 178 .run('more value', 'untouched', console.log) 179``` 180 181Yields: 182 183```txt 184null 'even more value' 'untouched' 185``` 186 187###### Promise 188 189If `fn` returns a promise, and that promise rejects, the pipeline fails and 190`done` is invoked with the rejected value. 191 192If `fn` returns a promise, and that promise resolves with a value (neither 193`null` nor `undefined`), the first `input` of the next function is set to that 194value (all other `input` is passed through). 195 196The following example shows how rejecting a promise stops the pipeline: 197 198```js 199var trough = require('trough') 200 201trough() 202 .use(function(val) { 203 return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 204 reject('Got: ' + val) 205 }) 206 }) 207 .run('val', console.log) 208``` 209 210Yields: 211 212```txt 213Got: val 214``` 215 216The following example shows how the input isn’t touched by resolving to `null`. 217 218```js 219var trough = require('trough') 220 221trough() 222 .use(function() { 223 return new Promise(function(resolve) { 224 setTimeout(function() { 225 resolve(null) 226 }, 100) 227 }) 228 }) 229 .run('Input', console.log) 230``` 231 232Yields: 233 234```txt 235null 'Input' 236``` 237 238###### Asynchronous 239 240If `fn` accepts one more argument than the given `input`, a `next` function is 241given (after the input). `next` must be called, but doesn’t have to be called 242async. 243 244If `next` is given a value (neither `null` nor `undefined`) as its first 245argument, the pipeline fails and `done` is invoked with that value. 246 247If `next` is given no value (either `null` or `undefined`) as the first 248argument, all following non-nully values change the input of the following 249function, and all nully values default to the `input`. 250 251The following example shows how passing a first argument stops the pipeline: 252 253```js 254var trough = require('trough') 255 256trough() 257 .use(function(val, next) { 258 next(new Error('Got: ' + val)) 259 }) 260 .run('val', console.log) 261``` 262 263Yields: 264 265```txt 266Error: Got: val 267 at ~/example.js:5:10 268``` 269 270The following example shows how more values than the input are passed. 271 272```js 273var trough = require('trough') 274 275trough() 276 .use(function(val, next) { 277 setTimeout(function() { 278 next(null, null, 'values') 279 }, 100) 280 }) 281 .run('some', console.log) 282``` 283 284Yields: 285 286```txt 287null 'some' 'values' 288``` 289 290## License 291 292[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author] 293 294<!-- Definitions --> 295 296[build-badge]: https://img.shields.io/travis/wooorm/trough.svg 297 298[build]: https://travis-ci.org/wooorm/trough 299 300[coverage-badge]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/wooorm/trough.svg 301 302[coverage]: https://codecov.io/github/wooorm/trough 303 304[downloads-badge]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/trough.svg 305 306[downloads]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/trough 307 308[size-badge]: https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/minzip/trough.svg 309 310[size]: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=trough 311 312[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install 313 314[license]: license 315 316[author]: https://wooorm.com 317 318[ware]: https://github.com/segmentio/ware 319 320[trough]: #trough-1 321 322[use]: #troughusefn 323 324[run]: #troughruninput-done 325 326[fn]: #function-fninput-next 327 328[done]: #function-doneerr-output 329 330[async]: #asynchronous 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