how to create a readstream with a buffer using nodejs

Question

I have this json:

var myJSON = '{"kind": "person", "fullName": "Rivka3"}';

I'm trying to uploed it to bigquery, using createReadStream. when I save it localy I succeed:

fs.writeFile("/tmp/bq_json_file_new.json", myJSON, function(err){});
fs.createReadStream("/tmp/bq_json_file_new.json")
  .pipe(table.createWriteStream(metadata))
  .on('complete', function(job) {
    job
      .on('error', console.log)
      .on('complete', function(metadata) {
        console.log('job completed', metadata);
      });
  });

now I'm trying to do this without saving it localy - using a buffer:

fs.createReadStream(new Buffer(myJSON, "utf8"))
  .pipe(table.createWriteStream(metadata))
  .on('complete', function(job) {
    job
      .on('error', console.log)
      .on('complete', function(metadata) {
        console.log('job completed', metadata);
      });
  });

but i recieve this error:

fs.js:575
  binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path),

TypeError: path must be a string

Answer 1

using stream solves the problem:

var stream = require('stream');

var bufferStream = new stream.PassThrough();

bufferStream.end(new Buffer(myJSON));

bufferStream.pipe(table.createWriteStream(metadata))
                   .on('complete', function(job) {
                     job
                       .on('error', console.log)
                       .on('complete', function(metadata) {
                         console.log('job completed', metadata);
                       });
                   });