Decode BMP

Decode .bmp images

Installation

npm install --save decode-bmp

Usage

const decodeBmp = require('decode-bmp')
const fs = require('fs')

const source = fs.readFileSync('foobar.bmp')
const image = decodeBmp(source)

console.log(image)
//=> { width: 32, height: 32, data: Uint8ClampedArray(...), colorDepth: 32 }

API

decodeBmp(source: ArrayBuffer | Buffer) => ImageData

Decodes the .bmp file in the given buffer, and returns an image.

The image has the following properties:

• width: number - The width of the image, in pixels
• height: number - The height of the image, in pixels
• data: Uint8ClampedArray - The data of the image, in the RGBA format
• colorDepth: number - The color depth of the image as the number of bits used per pixel