base-decoder
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Fast base encoding/decoding of any given alphabet. Convert number to string and back
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base-decoder
What is Base encoding?
BaseDecoder encoding converts numbers to ASCII strings (0-9, a-z and A-Z) and vice versa, which typically results in comparatively short strings. Such identifiers also tend to more readily identifiable by humans.
1563211298668
=>"rwjxiKo"
98668
=>"pFq"
Installation
npm i base-decoder
alternatively using Yarn:
yarn add base-decoder
Usage
let BaseDecoder = require('base-decoder');
let decoder = new BaseDecoder; // default base62 [0-1a-zA-Z]
decoder.encode(1563211298668); // "rwjxiKo"
decoder.decode("rwjxiKo"); // 1563211298668
This uses the default ASCII character set for encoding/decoding.
It's also possible to define a custom character set instead:
let BaseDecoder = require('base-decoder');
let decoder = new BaseDecoder('0123456789abcdef'); // base-16
decoder.encode(1563211298668); // "0123456789abcdef"
decoder.decode("0123456789abcdef"); // 1563211298668
You can shift the value to reduce the string representation:
let BaseDecoder = require('base-decoder');
let shiftValue = -1563211200000;
let decoder = new BaseDecoder(null, shiftValue); // base62 + shift
decoder.encode(1563211298668); // "pFq"
decoder.decode("pFq"); // 1563211298668
Decoder supports negative number:
let BaseDecoder = require('base-decoder');
let decoder = new BaseDecoder;
decoder.encode(-1000); // "g8-"
decoder.decode("g8-"); // -1000