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# @leichtgewicht/ip-codec
Small package to encode or decode IP addresses from buffers to strings.
Supports IPV4 and IPV6.
## Usage
The basics are straigthforward
```js
import { encode, decode, sizeOf, familyOf } from '@leichtgewicht/ip-codec'
const uint8Array = encode("127.0.0.1")
const str = decode(uint8Array)
try {
switch sizeOf(str) {
case 4: // IPv4
case 16: // IPv6
}
switch familyOf(str) {
case: 1: // IPv4
case: 2: // IPv6
}
} catch (err) {
// Invalid IP
}
```
By default the library will work with Uint8Array's but you can bring your own buffer:
```js
const buf = Buffer.alloc(4)
encode('127.0.0.1', buf)
```
It is also possible to de-encode at a location inside a given buffer
```js
const buf = Buffer.alloc(10)
encode('127.0.0.1', buf, 4)
```
Allocation of a buffer may be difficult if you don't know what type the buffer:
you can pass in a generator to allocate it for you:
```js
encode('127.0.0.1', Buffer.alloc)
```
You can also de/encode ipv4 or ipv6 specifically:
```js
import { v4, v6 } from '@leichtgewicht/ip-codec'
v4.decode(v4.encode('127.0.0.1'))
v6.decode(v6.encode('::'))
```
## History
The code in this package was originally extracted from [node-ip](https://github.com/indutny/node-ip) and since improved.
Notable changes are the removal of the `Buffer` dependency and better support for detection of
formats and allocation of buffers.
## License
[MIT](./LICENSE)