utf-8-validate

What is utf-8-validate?

The utf-8-validate npm package is used to validate UTF-8 encoded data. It is primarily used to ensure that a stream of data is valid UTF-8 before processing it further. This can be particularly useful when dealing with text data in network communication or file processing where UTF-8 encoding is expected.

What are utf-8-validate's main functionalities?

Validation of UTF-8 Encoded Data

This feature allows you to validate whether a given Buffer contains valid UTF-8 encoded data. The function `isValidUTF8` returns a boolean indicating the validity of the data.

const { isValidUTF8 } = require('utf-8-validate');

const buffer = Buffer.from('valid UTF-8 string', 'utf8');
const isValid = isValidUTF8(buffer);
console.log(isValid); // true or false

Other packages similar to utf-8-validate

is-utf8

The is-utf8 package is similar to utf-8-validate as it provides a function to check if a Buffer is valid UTF-8. It is a simple and lightweight package for UTF-8 validation.

README

utf-8-validate

Check if a buffer contains valid UTF-8 encoded text.

Installation

npm install utf-8-validate --save-optional

The --save-optional flag tells npm to save the package in your package.json under the optionalDependencies key.

API

The module exports a single function that takes one argument. To maximize performance, the argument is not validated. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it is correct.

isValidUTF8(buffer)

Checks whether a buffer contains valid UTF-8.

Arguments

• buffer - The buffer to check.

Return value

true if the buffer contains only correct UTF-8, else false.

Example

'use strict';

const isValidUTF8 = require('utf-8-validate');

const buf = Buffer.from([0xf0, 0x90, 0x80, 0x80]);

console.log(isValidUTF8(buf));
// => true

License

MIT