A simple utility for converting between Strings and Buffers.
var buf = require('buf');
var aBuffer = buf.hex(strOrBuf);
var aString = buf.to.hex(strOrBuf);
buf.unbuf, buf.un, buf.str, buf.tobuf and unbuf. These are useful if you'll only ever be using 1
encoding, such as: var buf = require('buf').base64; buf(val).MPLv2.0
FAQs
Auto buffer and unbuffer values.
The npm package buf receives a total of 588 weekly downloads. As such, buf popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that buf demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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