var request = require('request') , JSONStream = require('JSONStream') , es = require('event-stream') var parser = JSONStream.parse(['rows', true]) //emit parts that match this path (any element of the rows array) , req = request({url: 'http://isaacs.couchone.com/registry/_all_docs'}) , logger = es.mapSync(function (data) { //create a stream that logs to stderr, console.error(data) return data }) req.pipe(parser) parser.pipe(logger)