utf-8-validate
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Package description
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.
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 falseThe 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.
utf8-validator is another package that offers UTF-8 validation functionality. It provides a streaming interface for validating UTF-8 data, which can be useful for processing large data streams efficiently.
Readme
WebSocket connections require extensive UTF-8 validation in order to conform to the specification. This was unfortunately not possible in JavaScript, hence the need for a binary addon.
As the module consists of binary components, it should be used as
optionalDependency so when installation fails, it doesn't halt the
installation of your module. There are fallback files available in this
repository. See fallback.js for the suggest fallback implementation if
installation fails.
npm install utf-8-validate
In all examples we assume that you've already required the mdoule as follows:
'use strict';
var validation = require('utf-8-validate').Validation;
The module exposes 1 function:
Validate if the passed in buffer contains valid UTF-8 chars.
validation.isValidUTF8(buffer);
FAQs
Check if a buffer contains valid UTF-8
The npm package utf-8-validate receives a total of 1,404,294 weekly downloads. As such, utf-8-validate popularity was classified as popular.
We found that utf-8-validate demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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