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#bytesize
##Installation
npm install bytesize
##Usage
const bytesize = require('bytesize');
//string size
const size = bytesize.stringSize('1 12 3 123 123');
//size == 14
//string size
const size = bytesize.stringSize('1 12 3 123 123', true);
//size == 14B
//file size (returns a Promise that you can await)
try {
const size = await bytesize.fileSize(__dirname + '/fixtures/test.txt');
//size == 6660
} catch(exc) {
console.log(exc);
}
//pretty file size
try {
const size = await bytesize.fileSize(__dirname + '/fixtures/test.txt', true);
//size == '6.50KB'
} catch(exc) {
console.log(exc);
}
//gzip file size
try{
const size = await bytesize.gzipSize(__dirname + '/fixtures/test.txt');
//size == 190
} catch(exc) {
console.log(exc);
}
//pretty gzip file size
const size = await bytesize.gzipSize(__dirname + '/fixtures/test.txt', true);
//size == '190B'
FAQs
##Installation
The npm package bytesize receives a total of 1,845 weekly downloads. As such, bytesize popularity was classified as popular.
We found that bytesize demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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