René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Sync alternative to `fs.openAsBlob`","articleBody":"### What is the problem this feature will solve?\n\nI'm making a cross-runtime file streaming library (that needs to be fast) and this would make it way easier to do so since `Bun.file()` is already sync.\n\nSo the code might look like this if my suggestion made it to `node:fs`:\n```ts\nconst getFile: (path: string) => File = globalThis.Bun\n  ? Bun.file\n  : process.getBuiltinModule('fs').openAsWebFile;\n\n// Usage\nreturn new Response(getFile('./index.html'));\nreturn new Response(getFile('./binary-data').slice(0, 100));\n```\n\n### What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?\n\nA new API, something like `fs.openAsWebFile()` that returns a `File` maybe?\nIt would have more info for the `Response` constructor to pick up as well.\n\n### What alternatives have you considered?\n\n`fs.createReadStream` but that is also async and can be slower too.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/aquapi","@type":"Person","name":"aquapi"},"datePublished":"2026-08-21T17:12:43Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/65462"}