Server Side GET stream data.

[thedracle]

I'm attempting to stream an audio feed using a server side GET route:

Meteor.Router.add('/audio/:id.ogg', 'GET', function(id) {
if(channel) {
this.response.writeHead(200, OGG_HTTP_HEADERS);
encoder.stdout.pipe(this.response, {end: false});
}
});

Where encoder's stdout is outputing a stream of ogg bytes.

Even if I do
encoder.stdout.on('data', function(data){
response.write(data);
});

While confirming every write occurs, I still only get 4096 bytes when I try to access the URL via GET:

http://127.0.0.1:3000/audio/45f1088b-1a43-437c-abd9-f990d876e63c.ogg
Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3000... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/ogg]
Saving to: `45f1088b-1a43-437c-abd9-f990d876e63c.ogg'

[  <=>                                  ] 4,096       --.-K/s              
[   <=>                                 ] 4,096       --.-K/s

ls -la 45f1088b-1a43-437c-abd9-f990d876e63c.ogg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jthomas jthomas 4096 Jul 10 23:01 45f1088b-1a43-437c-abd9-f990d876e63c.ogg

[tmeasday]

Interesting. This is because we auto close the response I guess.

The challenge would be figuring out an API which is still simple for the standard use case, but allows you to do advanced stuff like this.

[thedracle]

I just set a variable on response, and have the router code check if it exists, or if it is false, before doing anything to the response:

thedracle@6eacd7d

Not the most elegant solution, but it works-- and I can stream audio now :) Thanks for your tip.