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# stream-via
Process each chunk of a stream via the supplied function. Useful for meddling inside a stream pipeline. Works in both string/Buffer and object modes.
## Synopsis
Replace all instances of the `a` character with `4`.
```js
const via = require('stream-via')
const fs = require('fs')
process.stdin
.pipe(via(function (chunk) {
return chunk.toString().replace(/a/g, '4')
}))
.pipe(process.stdout)
```
Output:
```
$ echo 'twat' | node example/simple.js
tw4t
```
# API
## stream-via
* [stream-via](#module_stream-via)
* [via(throughFunction, [options])](#exp_module_stream-via--via) ⇒ [Duplex
](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex) ⏏
* [.async(throughFunction, [options])](#module_stream-via--via.async) ⇒ [Duplex
](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex)
* [~throughFunction](#module_stream-via--via..throughFunction) : function
### via(throughFunction, [options]) ⇒ [Duplex
](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex) ⏏
**Kind**: Exported function
**Params**
- throughFunction [throughFunction
](#module_stream-via--via..throughFunction) - a function to process each chunk
- [options] object
- passed to the returned stream constructor
#### via.async(throughFunction, [options]) ⇒ [Duplex
](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex)
**Kind**: static method of [via
](#exp_module_stream-via--via)
**Params**
- throughFunction [throughFunction
](#module_stream-via--via..throughFunction) - a function to process each chunk
- [options] object
- passed to the returned stream constructor
#### via~throughFunction : function
**Kind**: inner typedef of [via
](#exp_module_stream-via--via)
**Params**
- chunk buffer
| string
- enc string
- done function
- only used in `via.async`, call it like so: `done(err, returnValue)`.
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