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@cosmjs/encoding
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This package is an extension to the JavaScript standard library that is not bound to blockchain products. It provides basic hex/base64/ascii encoding to Uint8Array that doesn't rely on Buffer and also provides better error messages on invalid input.
>> toBech32("tiov", fromHex("1234ABCD0000AA0000FFFF0000AA00001234ABCD"))
'tiov1zg62hngqqz4qqq8lluqqp2sqqqfrf27dzrrmea'
>> toHex(fromBech32("tiov1zg62hngqqz4qqq8lluqqp2sqqqfrf27dzrrmea").data)
'1234abcd0000aa0000ffff0000aa00001234abcd'
This package is part of the cosmjs repository, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (see NOTICE and LICENSE).
base64-js is a library for encoding and decoding data in Base64 format. It is similar to @cosmjs/encoding's Base64 functionality but does not support other encoding formats like Hex or Bech32.
bech32 is a library specifically for Bech32 encoding and decoding, similar to the Bech32 functionality in @cosmjs/encoding. It focuses solely on Bech32, whereas @cosmjs/encoding offers a broader range of encoding utilities.
The buffer module in Node.js provides methods for handling binary data, including conversion to and from Base64 and Hex. It offers similar functionality to @cosmjs/encoding but is more general-purpose and integrated into Node.js.
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The npm package @cosmjs/encoding receives a total of 356,574 weekly downloads. As such, @cosmjs/encoding popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @cosmjs/encoding demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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