effect-patterns-streams-sinks

Effect-TS Patterns: Streams Sinks

This skill provides 6 curated Effect-TS patterns for streams sinks. Use this skill when working on tasks related to:

• streams sinks
• Best practices in Effect-TS applications
• Real-world patterns and solutions

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🟡 Intermediate Patterns

Sink Pattern 1: Batch Insert Stream Records into Database

Rule: Batch stream records before database operations to improve throughput and reduce transaction overhead.

Good Example:

This example demonstrates streaming user records from a paginated API and batching them for efficient database insertion.

import { Effect, Stream, Sink, Chunk } from "effect";

interface User {
  readonly id: number;
  readonly name: string;
  readonly email: string;
}

interface PaginatedResponse {
  readonly users: User[];
  readonly nextPage: number | null;
}

// Mock API that returns paginated users
const fetchUserPage = (
  page: number
): Effect.Effect<PaginatedResponse> =>
  Effect.succeed(
    page < 10
      ? {
          users: Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, i) => ({
            id: page * 50 + i,
            name: `User ${page * 50 + i}`,
            email: `user${page * 50 + i}@example.com`,
          })),
          nextPage: page + 1,
        }
      : { users: [], nextPage: null }
  ).pipe(Effect.delay("10 millis"));

// Mock database insert that takes a batch of users
const insertUserBatch = (
  users: readonly User[]
): Effect.Effect<number> =>
  Effect.sync(() => {
    console.log(`Inserting batch of ${users.length} users`);
    return users.length;
  }).pipe(Effect.delay("50 millis"));

// Create a stream of users from paginated API
const userStream: Stream.Stream<User> = Stream.paginateEffect(
  0,
  (page) =>
    fetchUserPage(page).pipe(
      Effect.map((response) => [
        Chunk.fromIterable(response.users),
        response.nextPage !== null ? Option.some(response.nextPage) : Option.none(),
      ])
    )
);

// Sink that batches users and inserts them
const batchInsertSink: Sink.Sink<number, never, User> = Sink.fold(
  0,
  (count, chunk: Chunk.Chunk<User>) =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const users = Chunk.toArray(chunk);
      const inserted = yield* insertUserBatch(users);
      return count + inserted;
    }),
  (count) => Effect.succeed(count)
).pipe(
  // Batch into groups of 100 users
  Sink.withChunking((chunk) =>
    chunk.pipe(
      Chunk.chunksOf(100),
      Stream.fromIterable,
      Stream.runCollect
    )
  )
);

// Run the stream with batching sink
const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const totalInserted = yield* userStream.pipe(
    Stream.run(batchInsertSink)
  );
  console.log(`Total users inserted: ${totalInserted}`);
});

Effect.runPromise(program);