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buffer-crc32
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The buffer-crc32 package is a Node.js module for calculating CRC32 checksums of buffers. It's a fast and simple utility for generating checksums of data, which can be useful for verifying the integrity of data being transferred over a network or stored.
Calculate CRC32 checksum
This feature allows you to calculate the CRC32 checksum of a given buffer. The code sample demonstrates how to calculate the checksum of a 'Hello World' string.
const crc32 = require('buffer-crc32');
const buffer = Buffer.from('Hello World');
const checksum = crc32(buffer);
console.log(checksum.toString('hex'));
Update existing checksum with new data
This feature enables you to update an existing checksum with new data. The code sample shows how to calculate the checksum for 'Hello', then update it with ' World' to get the checksum for 'Hello World'.
const crc32 = require('buffer-crc32');
let checksum = crc32(Buffer.from('Hello'));
checksum = crc32(Buffer.from(' World'), checksum);
console.log(checksum.toString('hex'));
The 'crc' package offers a wider range of CRC algorithms, including CRC32. It provides more flexibility compared to buffer-crc32 but might be slightly more complex to use for simple CRC32 calculations.
This package is designed for streaming data and calculating CRC32 checksums on the fly. It's more suited for scenarios where data is being processed in streams, compared to buffer-crc32 which works on buffers.
FAQs
A pure javascript CRC32 algorithm that plays nice with binary data
The npm package buffer-crc32 receives a total of 19,983,982 weekly downloads. As such, buffer-crc32 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that buffer-crc32 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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