idna-uts46-hx
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Convert Domain Names correctly from IDN to Punycode and vice-versa and offer TR46 processing.
This module is a IDNA UTS46 connector library for javascript. In addition to the default functionality of tr46, we offer converting domain names to unicode / punycode considering the respective registry provider's behavior.
The JS Punycode converter library is a great tool for handling Unicode domain names, but it only implements the Punycode encoding of domain labels, not the full IDNA algorithm. In simple cases, a mere conversion to lowercase text before input would seem sufficient, but the real mapping for strings is far more complex. This library implements the full mapping for these strings, as defined by UTS #46.
With v6 we migrated our library to npm package tr46 as software dependency. By that step we use a library that is actively maintained in direction of correctly supporting the TR46 standard and supporting the latest Version of the Unicode Standard. Reinventing the wheel isn't useful and something we have time or resources for. We were able to dramatically decrease the number of lines of code on our end.
toUnicode comes with auto-detection of transitionalProcessing setting based on the provided domain name inputtoAscii comes with auto-detection of transitionalProcessing setting based on the provided domain name inputIn general, we don't see a blocker for upgrading to v6. Still, consider the below changes.
Runtime performance of v6 compared to v5 has slightly improved. The compression for the underlying idna mapping table is superfluous, tr46 covers it well.
The below configuration options for the methods toUnicodeand toAscii must be renamed in case you're using them:
| Option, old | Option, new |
|---|---|
| transitional | transitionalProcessing |
| useStd3ASCII | useSTD3ASCIIRules |
| verifyDnsLength | verifyDNSLength |
Earlier versions kept option transitional by default to false which is now automatically detected and results may therefore differ.
This affects the toAscii method.
The toUnicode function did not allow for a options parameter in earlier versions, now it follows the exemplary way of package tr46.
Thanks for the below former contributions:
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
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Convert Domain Names correctly from IDN to Punycode and vice-versa and offer TR46 processing.
We found that idna-uts46-hx demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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