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## pg-copy-streams
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COPY FROM / COPY TO for node-postgres. Stream from one database to another, and stuff.
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## how? what? huh?
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Did you know the _all powerful_ PostgreSQL supports streaming binary data directly into and out of a table?
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This means you can take your favorite CSV or TSV or whatever format file and pipe it directly into an existing PostgreSQL table.
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You can also take a table and pipe it directly to a file, another database, stdout, even to `/dev/null` if you're crazy!
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What this module gives you is a [Readable](http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_readable) or [Writable](http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_writable) stream directly into/out of a table in your database.
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This mode of interfacing with your table is _very fast_ and _very brittle_. You are responsible for properly encoding and ordering all your columns. If anything is out of place PostgreSQL will send you back an error. The stream works within a transaction so you wont leave things in a 1/2 borked state, but it's still good to be aware of.
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If you're not familiar with the feature (I wasn't either) you can read this for some good helps: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-copy.html
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## examples
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### pipe from a table to stdout
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```js
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var pg = require('pg');
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var copyTo = require('pg-copy-streams').to;
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pg.connect(function(err, client, done) {
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var stream = client.query(copyTo('COPY my_table TO STDOUT'));
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stream.pipe(process.stdout);
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stream.on('end', done);
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stream.on('error', done);
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});
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```
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### pipe from a file to table
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```js
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var fs = require('fs');
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var pg = require('pg');
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var copyFrom = require('pg-copy-streams').from;
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pg.connect(function(err, client, done) {
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var stream = client.query(copyFrom('COPY my_table FROM STDIN'));
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var fileStream = fs.createReadStream('some_file.tdv')
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fileStream.pipe(stream);
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fileStream.on('end', done);
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fileStream.on('error', done);
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});
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```
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## install
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```sh
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$ npm install pg-copy-streams
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```
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## notice
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Before you set out on this magical piping journey, you _really_ should read this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-copy.html, and you might want to take a look at the [tests](https://github.com/brianc/node-pg-copy-streams/tree/master/test) to get an idea of how things work.
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## contributing
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Instead of adding a bunch more code to the already bloated [node-postgres](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres) I am trying to make the internals extensible and work on adding edge-case features as 3rd party modules.
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This is one of those.
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Please, if you have any issues with this, open an issue.
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Better yet, submit a pull request. I _love_ pull requests.
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Generally how I work is if you submit a few pull requests and you're interested I'll make you a contributor and give you full access to everything.
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Since this isn't a module with tons of installs and dependent modules I hope we can work together on this to iterate faster here and make something really useful.
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## license
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The MIT License (MIT)
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Copyright (c) 2013 Brian M. Carlson
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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THE SOFTWARE.
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