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@netlify/binary-info
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binary-info is a WebAssembly(WASM) module to extract very specific information from binary files.
@netlify/binary-info is a WebAssembly(WASM) module to extract very specific information from binary files.
It's used by other Netlify projects to detect Go and Rust binaries built for Netlify Functions and its architecture and platform .
import { readFile } = require("fs");
import { detect, Runtime }from "@netlify/binary-info";
const buffer = await readFile(path);
try {
const info = elf.detect(buffer);
switch (info.runtime) {
case Runtime.Go: console.log("Go binary file"); break;
case Runtime.Rust: console.log("Rust binary file"); break;
default: console.log("Unknown binary file");
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
wasm-pack buildwasm-pack build --target nodejs --release --scope=netlify
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binary-info is a WebAssembly(WASM) module to extract very specific information from binary files.
The npm package @netlify/binary-info receives a total of 122,650 weekly downloads. As such, @netlify/binary-info popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @netlify/binary-info demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 15 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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