Consider Blob.fromStream (returns a Promise<Blob>)
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Description
I'm filing this as a tracking issue, although I don't think it's particularly urgent. But maybe web developers have run into this more, in which case hearing from them would be great.
Anyway, right now, to convert a ReadableStream to a Blob, you have to do
const blob = await new Response(stream).blob();
which is pretty silly. Just as blob.stream() was added to avoid the silly new Request(blob).body pattern, perhaps we should consider adding a promise-returning Blob.fromStream() so you could do
const blob = await Blob.fromStream(stream);
There is a bigger savings if we add an options parameter:
const blob1 = new Blob([await new Response(stream).blob()], options);
const blob2 = Blob.fromStream(stream, options);
Points to consider:
- We could instead make this
stream.toBlob(), but I feel the layering of keeping streams ignorant of blobs is a bit cleaner. - We may not want to introduce this because it's better if people avoid using blobs? (Or is it just blob URLs that we dislike?)
- If someone wanted a
File, we could either addFile.fromStream(stream, fileName, options)or we could have people donew File([Blob.fromStream(stream)], fileName, options). ProbablyFile.fromStream()is nicer. - This does not allow creating a blob that represents an "in progress" stream, which I've heard people have wanted in order to have self-referential blobs. That would require new concepts and infrastructure. This proposal is basically just exposing existing infrastructure in a more straightforward way.
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Research direction
The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by comparing the current Blob, ReadableStream, and Response(...).blob() APIs described here; done would require a settled API design for Blob.fromStream, its options, and the related File question, followed by the applicable specification and conformance tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- api, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100