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multiaddr implementation (binary + string representation of network addresses)
JavaScript implementation of multiaddr.
A standard way to represent addresses that
npm i multiaddr
const multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
The code published to npm that gets loaded on require is in fact a ES5 transpiled version with the right shims added. This means that you can require it and use with your favourite bundler without having to adjust asset management process.
const multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
<script>
TagLoading this module through a script tag will make the Multiaddr
obj available in
the global namespace.
<script src="https://unpkg.com/multiaddr/dist/index.min.js"></script>
<!-- OR -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/multiaddr/dist/index.js"></script>
NOTE: You will need access to the Node.js Buffer
API. If you are running
in the browser, you can access it with multiaddr.Buffer
or you can install
feross/buffer.
$ node
> const multiaddr = require('multiaddr')
> const addr = multiaddr("/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234")
<Multiaddr /ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234>
> addr.buffer
<Buffer 04 7f 00 00 01 11 04 d2>
> addr.toString()
'/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234'
> addr.protos()
[
{code: 4, name: 'ip4', size: 32},
{code: 17, name: 'udp', size: 16}
]
> addr.nodeAddress()
{
family: "IPv4",
port: 1234,
address: "127.0.0.1"
}
> addr.encapsulate('/sctp/5678')
<Multiaddr /ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/1234/sctp/5678>
https://multiformats.github.io/js-multiaddr/
Captain: @diasdavid.
Contributions welcome. Please check out the issues.
Check out our contributing document for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general. Please be aware that all interactions related to multiformats are subject to the IPFS Code of Conduct.
Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the standard-readme specification.
MIT © 2016 Protocol Labs Inc.
4.0.0 (2018-04-05)
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FAQs
multiaddr implementation (binary + string representation of network addresses)
The npm package multiaddr receives a total of 45,764 weekly downloads. As such, multiaddr popularity was classified as popular.
We found that multiaddr demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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