diff --git a/src/helper/userHelper.js b/src/helper/userHelper.js
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+// This file specifies functions to help a user with e.g. configuration-errors
+
+function detectStreamData(stream, timeout = 5000){
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        let timeoutHandler;
+        if(timeout){
+            timeoutHandler = setTimeout(() => {
+                reject('timeout');
+                remListeners();
+            },
+            timeout);
+        }
+
+        function remListeners(){ 
+            stream.removeListener('error', errorHandler);
+            stream.removeListener('data', dataHandler);
+            if(timeoutHandler) clearTimeout(timeoutHandler);
+        }
+
+        function errorHandler(err) {
+            remListeners();
+        }
+        function dataHandler(data) {
+            resolve(data);
+            remListeners();
+        }
+
+        stream.on('error', errorHandler);
+        stream.on('data', dataHandler);
+    });    
+}
+
+function detectStreamsData(streams, timeout = 5000){
+    let promises = [];
+    streams.forEach((stream) => {
+        promises.push(detectStreamData(stream, timeout));
+    })
+    return promises;
+}
+
+
+// Specify exports
+module.exports = {
+    detectStreamData,
+    detectStreamsData,
+};
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