| #through | 
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 | [](http://travis-ci.org/dominictarr/through) | 
 | [](https://ci.testling.com/dominictarr/through) | 
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 | Easy way to create a `Stream` that is both `readable` and `writable`.  | 
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 | * Pass in optional `write` and `end` methods. | 
 | * `through` takes care of pause/resume logic if you use `this.queue(data)` instead of `this.emit('data', data)`. | 
 | * Use `this.pause()` and `this.resume()` to manage flow. | 
 | * Check `this.paused` to see current flow state. (`write` always returns `!this.paused`). | 
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 | This function is the basis for most of the synchronous streams in  | 
 | [event-stream](http://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream). | 
 |  | 
 | ``` js | 
 | var through = require('through') | 
 |  | 
 | through(function write(data) { | 
 |     this.queue(data) //data *must* not be null | 
 |   }, | 
 |   function end () { //optional | 
 |     this.queue(null) | 
 |   }) | 
 | ``` | 
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 | Or, can also be used _without_ buffering on pause, use `this.emit('data', data)`, | 
 | and this.emit('end') | 
 |  | 
 | ``` js | 
 | var through = require('through') | 
 |  | 
 | through(function write(data) { | 
 |     this.emit('data', data) | 
 |     //this.pause()  | 
 |   }, | 
 |   function end () { //optional | 
 |     this.emit('end') | 
 |   }) | 
 | ``` | 
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 | ## Extended Options | 
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 | You will probably not need these 99% of the time. | 
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 | ### autoDestroy=false | 
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 | By default, `through` emits close when the writable | 
 | and readable side of the stream has ended. | 
 | If that is not desired, set `autoDestroy=false`. | 
 |  | 
 | ``` js | 
 | var through = require('through') | 
 |  | 
 | //like this | 
 | var ts = through(write, end, {autoDestroy: false}) | 
 | //or like this | 
 | var ts = through(write, end) | 
 | ts.autoDestroy = false | 
 | ``` | 
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 | ## License | 
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 | MIT / Apache2 |