/a85-native

Node.js binding for larskholte/a85

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a85-native

Node.js binding for larskholte/a85.

From Wikipedia: Ascii85, also called Base85, is a form of binary-to-text encoding developed by Paul E. Rutter for the btoa utility. By using five ASCII characters to represent four bytes of binary data (making the encoded size ​1⁄4 larger than the original, assuming eight bits per ASCII character), it is more efficient than uuencode or Base64, which use four characters to represent three bytes of data (​1⁄3 increase, assuming eight bits per ASCII character). source

Documentation

a85.stringify(input: Buffer): string

  • Encode a Buffer in ascii85

a85.parse(input: string): Buffer

  • Decode an ascii85 string into a Buffer

Note: This method will not detect invalid ascii85 string!