Module nixio.bin

Binary operations and conversion.

Functions

b64decode (buffer) Base64 decode a given buffer.
b64encode (buffer) Base64 encode a given buffer.
crc32 (buffer, initial) Calculate the CRC32 value of a buffer.
hexlify (buffer) Return a hexadecimal ASCII represantation of the content of a buffer.
unhexlify (hexvalue) Return a binary buffer from a hexadecimal ASCII representation.


Functions

b64decode (buffer)
Base64 decode a given buffer.

Parameters

  • buffer: Base 64 Encoded data

Return value:

binary data
b64encode (buffer)
Base64 encode a given buffer.

Parameters

  • buffer: Buffer

Return value:

base64 encoded buffer
crc32 (buffer, initial)
Calculate the CRC32 value of a buffer.

Parameters

  • buffer: Buffer
  • initial: Initial CRC32 value (optional)

Return value:

crc32 value
hexlify (buffer)
Return a hexadecimal ASCII represantation of the content of a buffer.

Parameters

  • buffer: Buffer

Return value:

representation using characters [0-9a-f]
unhexlify (hexvalue)
Return a binary buffer from a hexadecimal ASCII representation.

Parameters

  • hexvalue: representation using characters [0-9a-f]

Return value:

binary data

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