64

High performance Base64 encoding and decoding for Node.js using SIMD (AVX2, AVX, SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3) acceleration. Uses Alfred Klomp's base64 library.

When compared with Base64 encoding/decoding via Node's Buffer object, expected performance gains are up to ~6x depending on length.

Due to the cost of making a shared library call, it is less suitable for very short Buffers, typically those less than ~300 bytes when encoding and less than ~150 bytes when decoding.

Pre-compiled binaries are provided for Node 6, 8 and 10 on the most common platforms.

Requirements

• Node.js v6+
• Linux, OS X or Windows
• x86 or x64 CPU

Install

npm install 64

Usage

import { encode, decode } from '64';
 
const input = Buffer.from('The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog');
 
const encoded = encode(input); // VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBzbGVlcGluZyBkb2c=
const decoded = decode(encoded);

API

encode(input)

• input is a Buffer containing the data to be Base64 encoded.

Returns a Buffer containing the Base64 encoded version of input.

A TypeError will be thrown if input is not a Buffer.

decode(encoded)

• encoded is a Buffer containing Base64 encoded data.

Returns a Buffer containing the Base64 decoded version of encoded.

A TypeError will be thrown if encoded is not a Buffer.

Performance

• Intel i3-4170
• Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
• Node.js v8.1.3

Licence

Copyright 2017, 2018 Lovell Fuller.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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