collect-json/README.md

Returns a stream which becomes readable with a single value once all (valid) JSON is received.

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# collect-json

***DEPRECATED: Please use [stream-read-all](https://github.com/75lb/stream-read-all) instead.***

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## collect-json
Returns a stream which becomes readable with a single value once all (valid) JSON is received.

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### collectJson([callback]) ⇒ [<code>Duplex</code>](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_duplex) ⏏
**Kind**: Exported function  

| Param | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [callback] | <code>function</code> | called with the collected json data, once available. The value returned by the callback will be passed downstream. |

**Example**  
An example command-line client script - JSON received at stdin is stamped with `received` then written to stdout.
```js
var collectJson = require("collect-json")

process.stdin
    .pipe(collectJson(function(json){
        json.received = true
        return JSON.stringify(json)
    }))
    .on("error", function(err){
        // input from stdin failed to parse
    })
    .pipe(process.stdout)
```

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