javascript string to buffer
var buf = Buffer.from('abc');
console.log(buf.toString());javascript string to buffer
var buf = Buffer.from('abc');
console.log(buf.toString());buffer to string
Single Buffer
If you have a single Buffer you can use its toString method that will convert all or part of the binary contents to a string using a specific encoding. It defaults to utf8 if you don't provide a parameter, but I've explicitly set the encoding in this example.
var req = http.request(reqOptions, function(res) {
...
res.on('data', function(chunk) {
var textChunk = chunk.toString('utf8');
// process utf8 text chunk
});
});
Streamed Buffers
If you have streamed buffers like in the question above where the first byte of a multi-byte UTF8-character may be contained in the first Buffer (chunk) and the second byte in the second Buffer then you should use a StringDecoder. :
var StringDecoder = require('string_decoder').StringDecoder;
var req = http.request(reqOptions, function(res) {
...
var decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');
res.on('data', function(chunk) {
var textChunk = decoder.write(chunk);
// process utf8 text chunk
});
});
This way bytes of incomplete characters are buffered by the StringDecoder until all required bytes were written to the decoder.Copyright © 2021 Codeinu
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