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Stdin support?

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#204 opened on Sep 14, 2018

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Description

Would it be possible to support opening a file from stdin? It may be necessary to provide an option to choose the mime type, and defaulting to text/html might make sense.

This might be tenuously linked to #76.

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Research direction
Investigate how to read from stdin in Node.js and optionally detect MIME type; look at existing file handling in browsh for patterns.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Node.js stdinMIME types
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75