| # Bytes utility |
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| Utility to parse a string bytes (ex: `1TB`) to bytes (`1099511627776`) and vice-versa. |
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| ## Installation |
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| This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the |
| [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the |
| [`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally): |
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| ```bash |
| $ npm install bytes |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| var bytes = require('bytes'); |
| ``` |
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| #### bytes.format(number value, [options]): string|null |
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| Format the given value in bytes into a string. If the value is negative, it is kept as such. If it is a float, it is |
| rounded. |
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| **Arguments** |
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| | Name | Type | Description | |
| |---------|----------|--------------------| |
| | value | `number` | Value in bytes | |
| | options | `Object` | Conversion options | |
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| **Options** |
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| | Property | Type | Description | |
| |-------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | decimalPlaces | `number`|`null` | Maximum number of decimal places to include in output. Default value to `2`. | |
| | fixedDecimals | `boolean`|`null` | Whether to always display the maximum number of decimal places. Default value to `false` | |
| | thousandsSeparator | `string`|`null` | Example of values: `' '`, `','` and `.`... Default value to `''`. | |
| | unit | `string`|`null` | The unit in which the result will be returned (B/KB/MB/GB/TB). Default value to `''` (which means auto detect). | |
| | unitSeparator | `string`|`null` | Separator to use between number and unit. Default value to `''`. | |
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| **Returns** |
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| | Name | Type | Description | |
| |---------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |
| | results | `string`|`null` | Return null upon error. String value otherwise. | |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| bytes(1024); |
| // output: '1KB' |
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| bytes(1000); |
| // output: '1000B' |
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| bytes(1000, {thousandsSeparator: ' '}); |
| // output: '1 000B' |
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| bytes(1024 * 1.7, {decimalPlaces: 0}); |
| // output: '2KB' |
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| bytes(1024, {unitSeparator: ' '}); |
| // output: '1 KB' |
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| ``` |
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| #### bytes.parse(string|number value): number|null |
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| Parse the string value into an integer in bytes. If no unit is given, or `value` |
| is a number, it is assumed the value is in bytes. |
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| Supported units and abbreviations are as follows and are case-insensitive: |
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| * `b` for bytes |
| * `kb` for kilobytes |
| * `mb` for megabytes |
| * `gb` for gigabytes |
| * `tb` for terabytes |
| * `pb` for petabytes |
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| The units are in powers of two, not ten. This means 1kb = 1024b according to this parser. |
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| **Arguments** |
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| | Name | Type | Description | |
| |---------------|--------|--------------------| |
| | value | `string`|`number` | String to parse, or number in bytes. | |
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| **Returns** |
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| | Name | Type | Description | |
| |---------|-------------|-------------------------| |
| | results | `number`|`null` | Return null upon error. Value in bytes otherwise. | |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| bytes('1KB'); |
| // output: 1024 |
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| bytes('1024'); |
| // output: 1024 |
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| bytes(1024); |
| // output: 1KB |
| ``` |
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| ## License |
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| [MIT](LICENSE) |
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