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renderToNodeStream

This API will be removed in a future major version of React. Use renderToPipeableStream instead.

renderToNodeStream renders a React tree to a Node.js Readable Stream.

const stream = renderToNodeStream(reactNode, options?)

Reference ​

renderToNodeStream(reactNode, options?) ​

On the server, call renderToNodeStream to get a Node.js Readable Stream which you can pipe into the response.

import { renderToNodeStream } from 'react-dom/server';

const stream = renderToNodeStream(<App />);
stream.pipe(response);

On the client, call hydrateRoot to make the server-generated HTML interactive.

See more examples below.

Parameters ​

  • reactNode: A React node you want to render to HTML. For example, a JSX element like <App />.

  • optional options: An object for server render.

    • optional identifierPrefix: A string prefix React uses for IDs generated by useId. Useful to avoid conflicts when using multiple roots on the same page. Must be the same prefix as passed to hydrateRoot.

Returns ​

A Node.js Readable Stream that outputs an HTML string.

Caveats ​

  • This method will wait for all Suspense boundaries to complete before returning any output.

  • As of React 18, this method buffers all of its output, so it doesn't actually provide any streaming benefits. This is why it's recommended that you migrate to renderToPipeableStream instead.

  • The returned stream is a byte stream encoded in utf-8. If you need a stream in another encoding, take a look at a project like iconv-lite, which provides transform streams for transcoding text.

Usage ​

Rendering a React tree as HTML to a Node.js Readable Stream ​

Call renderToNodeStream to get a Node.js Readable Stream which you can pipe to your server response:

import { renderToNodeStream } from 'react-dom/server';

// The route handler syntax depends on your backend framework
app.use('/', (request, response) => {
  const stream = renderToNodeStream(<App />);
  stream.pipe(response);
});

The stream will produce the initial non-interactive HTML output of your React components. On the client, you will need to call hydrateRoot to hydrate that server-generated HTML and make it interactive.