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renderToStaticNodeStream

renderToStaticNodeStream renders a non-interactive React tree to a Node.js Readable Stream.

const stream = renderToStaticNodeStream(reactNode, options?)

Reference ​

renderToStaticNodeStream(reactNode, options?) ​

On the server, call renderToStaticNodeStream to get a Node.js Readable Stream.

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

const stream = renderToStaticNodeStream(<Page />);
stream.pipe(response);

See more examples below.

The stream will produce non-interactive HTML output of your React components.

Parameters ​

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

  • 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.

Returns ​

A Node.js Readable Stream that outputs an HTML string. The resulting HTML can't be hydrated on the client.

Caveats ​

  • renderToStaticNodeStream output cannot be hydrated.

  • 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.

  • 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 static HTML to a Node.js Readable Stream ​

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

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

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

The stream will produce the initial non-interactive HTML output of your React components.

This method renders non-interactive HTML that cannot be hydrated. This is useful if you want to use React as a simple static page generator, or if you're rendering completely static content like emails.

Interactive apps should use renderToPipeableStream on the server and hydrateRoot on the client.