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Documenting error handling when using streams #1237

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Expand Up @@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ request
.pipe(request.put('http://mysite.com/img.png'))
```

To easily handle errors when streaming requests, listen to the `error` event before piping:

```javascript
request
.get('http://mysite.com/doodle.png')
.on('error', function(err) {
console.log(err)
})
.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('doodle.png'))
```

Now let’s get fancy.

```javascript
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