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A [ponyfill](https://ponyfill.com) for `Buffer.from`, uses native implementation if available.
The buffer-from npm package is a polyfill for the `Buffer.from` method that was added in Node.js v5.10.0. It allows users to create `Buffer` objects from various types of data such as strings, arrays, or other buffers. This package is particularly useful for environments that do not support the newer `Buffer.from` API.
Creating a buffer from a string
This feature allows you to create a buffer from a string. The second argument specifies the string encoding.
const bufferFrom = require('buffer-from');
const buffer = bufferFrom('hello world', 'utf8');
Creating a buffer from an array
This feature allows you to create a buffer from an array of bytes.
const bufferFrom = require('buffer-from');
const buffer = bufferFrom([0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f]);
Creating a buffer from another buffer
This feature allows you to create a new buffer from an existing buffer. The new buffer will be a copy of the original.
const bufferFrom = require('buffer-from');
const buffer1 = Buffer.alloc(10).fill('a');
const buffer2 = bufferFrom(buffer1);
The safe-buffer package provides a safer way of using Node.js buffers by ensuring compatibility with older versions of Node.js. It offers a similar API to buffer-from, but it also includes additional methods for buffer allocation and conversion.
The buffer-alloc package is specifically designed to create new buffer instances in a way that is safe across various Node.js versions. It is similar to buffer-from in that it provides a polyfill for buffer creation, but it focuses on allocation rather than conversion from other data types.
A ponyfill for Buffer.from
, uses native implementation if available.
npm install --save buffer-from
const bufferFrom = require('buffer-from')
console.log(bufferFrom([1, 2, 3, 4]))
//=> <Buffer 01 02 03 04>
const arr = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4])
console.log(bufferFrom(arr.buffer, 1, 2))
//=> <Buffer 02 03>
console.log(bufferFrom('test', 'utf8'))
//=> <Buffer 74 65 73 74>
const buf = bufferFrom('test')
console.log(bufferFrom(buf))
//=> <Buffer 74 65 73 74>
array
<Array>Allocates a new Buffer
using an array
of octets.
arrayBuffer
<ArrayBuffer> The .buffer
property of a TypedArray or ArrayBufferbyteOffset
<Integer> Where to start copying from arrayBuffer
. Default: 0
length
<Integer> How many bytes to copy from arrayBuffer
. Default: arrayBuffer.length - byteOffset
When passed a reference to the .buffer
property of a TypedArray instance, the
newly created Buffer
will share the same allocated memory as the TypedArray.
The optional byteOffset
and length
arguments specify a memory range within
the arrayBuffer
that will be shared by the Buffer
.
buffer
<Buffer> An existing Buffer
to copy data fromCopies the passed buffer
data onto a new Buffer
instance.
string
<String> A string to encode.encoding
<String> The encoding of string
. Default: 'utf8'
Creates a new Buffer
containing the given JavaScript string string
. If
provided, the encoding
parameter identifies the character encoding of
string
.
Buffer.alloc
Buffer.allocUnsafe
FAQs
A [ponyfill](https://ponyfill.com) for `Buffer.from`, uses native implementation if available.
We found that buffer-from 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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