@types/punycode

What is @types/punycode?

@types/punycode provides TypeScript type definitions for the punycode library, which is used for encoding and decoding Unicode strings to and from the ASCII-compatible Punycode representation. This is particularly useful for handling internationalized domain names (IDNs).

What are @types/punycode's main functionalities?

Encode a Unicode string to Punycode

This feature allows you to encode a Unicode string into its Punycode representation. This is useful for converting internationalized domain names to a format that can be used in DNS queries.

const punycode = require('punycode');
const input = 'mañana';
const output = punycode.encode(input);
console.log(output); // 'maana-pta'

Decode a Punycode string to Unicode

This feature allows you to decode a Punycode string back into its original Unicode representation. This is useful for converting Punycode domain names back to their readable form.

const punycode = require('punycode');
const input = 'maana-pta';
const output = punycode.decode(input);
console.log(output); // 'mañana'

Convert a domain name to ASCII

This feature converts a Unicode domain name to its ASCII-compatible Punycode representation. This is useful for preparing internationalized domain names for DNS resolution.

const punycode = require('punycode');
const input = 'mañana.com';
const output = punycode.toASCII(input);
console.log(output); // 'xn--maana-pta.com'

Convert a domain name to Unicode

This feature converts a Punycode domain name back to its Unicode representation. This is useful for displaying internationalized domain names in a readable format.

const punycode = require('punycode');
const input = 'xn--maana-pta.com';
const output = punycode.toUnicode(input);
console.log(output); // 'mañana.com'

Other packages similar to @types/punycode

idna-uts46-hx

The idna-uts46-hx package provides similar functionality for handling internationalized domain names (IDNs) by implementing the UTS #46 standard. It offers more comprehensive handling of IDNs compared to punycode, including normalization and validation.

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Installation

npm install --save @types/punycode

Summary

This package contains type definitions for punycode (https://mths.be/punycode).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/punycode.

Additional Details

• Last updated: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:35:19 GMT
• Dependencies: none

Credits

These definitions were written by Dmitry Guketlev.