Encode and decode Guild Wars2 chat codes
This is part of gw2efficiency. Please report all issues in the central repository.
npm install gw2e-chat-codes
This module can be used for Node.js as well as browsers using Browserify.
const { encode, decode } = require('gw2e-chat-codes')
// Encode a type and id as a chat code
// Valid types are item, map, skill, trait, recipe, skin, outfit & objective
let encodedSkill = encode('skill', 5842)
// -> '[&BtIWAAA=]'
// You can pass an object as second parameter to also encode quantity, skin or upgrades
let encodedItem = encode('item', {id: 46762, quantity: 10, skin: 5807, upgrades: [24554, 24615]})
// -> '[&AgGqtgDgrxYAAOpfAAAnYAAA]'
// Decode a chat code into type and id
let decodedCode = decode('[&BtIWAAA=]')
// -> {type: 'skin', id: 5842}npm test
MIT
Big thanks to codemasher & poke, who wrote this algorithm in PHP, and darthmaim who wrote most of the build template link code.