Except, I can't just pass a `.each` function to one of the hundreds of
existing stream related utilities that have been published on npm. I can't
use flow control or destroy the iterator once I've read enough data, unlike
a stream.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 09:33 Geoffrey Cox <redge...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> Sure, you could use a stream, but you'd probably end up writing a bunch of
> code to do what you can do in just a few lines with slouch.
>
> For example, here is an example of using the _all_docs API in nano:
> https://github.com/redgeoff/slouch/blob/master/examples/nano-all.js
>
> And here is a similar example using slouch:
> https://github.com/redgeoff/slouch/blob/master/examples/all.js
>
> Slouch really gets cool when you start using a Throttler to provide some
> concurrency without totally slamming your CPU:
>
> https://github.com/redgeoff/slouch/wiki/Don%27t-just-relax.-Slouch%21#example-2---process-a-max-of-5-docs-concurrently
>
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:26 PM Sean Lang <slang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > `.each` is kinda weird for iteration. Can't you just return a standard
> > Node.js stream?
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017, 09:31 Geoffrey Cox <redge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We just released, Slouch, another JS client for CouchDB. On the
> surface,
> > it
> > > may seem like we have reinvented the wheel as there is already nano and
> > > nano is pretty awesome. However, Slouch approaches things from a
> slightly
> > > different perspective and has allowed us to greatly simply our
> > application
> > > layer.
> > >
> > > You can read more about it on medium.
> > > <
> > >
> >
> https://medium.com/@redgeoff/dont-just-relax-slouch-a-js-client-for-couchdb-that-does-the-heavy-lifting-d8232eba8e2c
> > > >
> > >
> > > Or, jump straight the repo. <https://github.com/redgeoff/slouch>
> > >
> > > I welcome any feedback and hope this helps others.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> > >
> >
>

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