isReadableStream

Checks if the given argument is a readable stream.

Check if the value is different from null, use typeof to check if the value is of type object and the pipe property is of type function. Additionally check if the typeof the _read and _readableState properties are function and object respectively.

const isReadableStream = (val) =>
  val !== null &&
  typeof val === "object" &&
  typeof val.pipe === "function" &&
  typeof val._read === "function" &&
  typeof val._readableState === "object";

const fs = require("fs");
isReadableStream(fs.createReadStream("test.txt")); // true