Node-Codec

Codec for strings

Encodes and decodes strings into different formats.

Available formats:

• json
• forms
• base64
• cookies
• url

JSON

var codec = require('codec');
var jsonObject = {
  'a': [3, 4],
  'b': {
    'e': 5,
    'y': {
      'a&j': 1
    }
  },
  'c': "123"'{"a":[3,4],"b":{"e":5,"y":{"a&j":1}},"c":"123"}'
};
var jsonString = '{"a":[3,4],"b":{"e":5,"y":{"a&j":1}},"c":"123"}';

// safe encode object into json string
codec.json.encode(jsonObject);  // >> jsonString

// safe decode json string to object
codec.json.decode(jsonString);  // >> jsonObject 

Forms

var codec = require('codec');
var formObject = {
  'a': [3, 4],
  'b': {
    'e': 5,
    'y': {
      'a&j': 1
    }
  },
  'c': [1, 2, 3]
};
var formString = 'a=%5B3%2C4%5D&b=%7B%22e%22%3A5%2C%22y%22%3A%7B%22a%26j%22%3A1%7D%7D&c=%5B1%2C2%2C3%5D';

// encode object into form string
codec.form.encode(formObject);  // >> formString

// decode form string to object
codec.form.decode(formString);  // >> formObject

Base64

var codec = require('codec');
var string = '123';
var base64String = 'MTIz';

// safe encode string into base64 string
codec.base64.encode(string);  // base64String 

// safe decode base64 string to string
codec.base64.decode(base64String);  // string

Cookies

var codec = require('codec');
var cookie = new codec.cookies.Cookie('key', 'value');
var cookieString = 'key=value';

// encode cookie object into cookie string
codec.cookies.encode(cookie);  // cookieString 

// decode cookie string to cookie object
codec.cookies.decode(cookieString);  // cookie

Url

var codec = require('codec');
var urlString = '//host.name:8080/path?key=value';
var urlObject = {
  'protocol': null,
  'slashes': true,
  'auth': null,
  'host': 'host.name:8080',
  'port': '8080',
  'hostname': 'host.name',
  'hash': null,
  'search': '?key=value',
  'query': {
    'key': 'value'
  },
  'pathname': '/path',
  'path': '/path?key=value',
  'href': '//host.name:8080/path?key=value'
};

// decode url (with or without protocol) to url object
codec.cookies.decode(urlString);    // urlObject