renderToStaticNodeStream
renderToStaticNodeStream
renders a non-interactive React tree to a Node.js Readable Stream.
const stream = renderToStaticNodeStream(reactNode)
Reference
renderToStaticNodeStream(reactNode)
On the server, call renderToStaticNodeStream
to get a Node.js Readable Stream.
const stream = renderToStaticNodeStream(<Page />);
stream.pipe(response);
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 />
.
Returns
A Node.js Readable Stream that outputs an HTML string. The resulting HTML can’t be hydrated on the client.
Caveats
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renderToStaticNodeStream
output cannot be hydrated. -
This method will wait for all Suspense boundaries to complete before returning any output.
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As of React 18, this method buffers all of its output, so it doesn’t actually provide any streaming benefits.
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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.