A braindead module for reading and writing netstrings.

API

nsWriteLength(len)

Compute the number of bytes to required serialize a netstring with the len bytes.

nsWrite(pay, payStart = 0, payEnd = pay.length, buf = undefined, bufOff = 0)

Write the payload pay out in netstring format, returning a string. The payStart and payEnd parameters allow specifying a range for the payload and default to the entire object. Like Buffer.slice(), this payStart is inclusive and payEnd is exclusive. The pay parameter can be either a string or a Buffer object.

If the buf parameter is specified, the netstring is written to this buffer rather than returned as a string. The bufOff parameter allows specifying the offset into the buffer at which to begin writing. The length of the resulting netstring in bytes is returned.

nsPayload(buf, off = 0)

Get the payload of the netstring pointed to by the given buf object at offset off. Despite its name, buf, can be either a string or a Buffer. The returned value will be of the same type as the buf parameter or a negative integer value in following the error taxonomy of nsPayloadLength().

nsPayloadLength(buf, off = 0)

Get the length of the payload pointed to by the given buf object at offset off. Despite its name, buf, can be either a string or a Buffer. The length returned is only that of the payload; it does not include the header or footer. The returned value will be -1 if the buffer does not include enough data to make a complete length calculation.

nsLength(buf, off = 0)

Get the length of the netstring pointed to by the given buf object at offset off. Despite its name, buf, can be either a string or a Buffer. The length returned includes the length of the header and footer in addition to the payload. Negative values follow the taxonomy from nsPayloadLength().