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node_modules/map-stream/examples/pretty.js

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+var inspect = require('util').inspect
+
+if(!module.parent) {
+  var map = require('..')             //load map-stream
+  var es = require('event-stream')    //load event-stream
+  es.pipe(                            //pipe joins streams together
+    process.openStdin(),              //open stdin
+    es.split(),                       //split stream to break on newlines
+    map(function (data, callback) {   //turn this async function into a stream
+      var j
+      try {
+        j = JSON.parse(data)          //try to parse input into json
+      } catch (err) {
+        return callback(null, data)   //if it fails just pass it anyway
+      }
+      callback(null, inspect(j))      //render it nicely
+    }),
+    process.stdout                    // pipe it to stdout !
+    )
+  }
+
+// run this
+//
+// curl -sS registry.npmjs.org/event-stream | node pretty.js
+//