@write-urdu/inpage-unicode

Convert Urdu text between legacy InPage-style encoding and Unicode — in both directions. This is the exact engine behind write-urdu.com's InPage ↔ Unicode Converter, published as a standalone package.

Status: beta. The mapping profile (inpage-v1v2-clipboard-2026-08-17) covers core Urdu letters, numerals, punctuation and four composite sequences. Unsupported input is preserved and flagged rather than silently guessed — see warnings below.

This package does not parse .inp binary document files; it converts plain text only.

Install

npm install @write-urdu/inpage-unicode

Usage

const { decodeLegacyText, encodeUnicodeText, PROFILE } = require('@write-urdu/inpage-unicode');

// Legacy InPage-style text -> Unicode
const decoded = decodeLegacyText(legacyText);
decoded.text;         // converted Unicode string
decoded.converted;    // count of characters successfully converted
decoded.unsupported;  // count of characters that could not be converted
decoded.warnings;     // [{ kind, index, value }, ...] for anything unsupported
decoded.profile;      // mapping profile version, e.g. "inpage-v1v2-clipboard-2026-08-17"

// Unicode Urdu -> legacy InPage-style text
const encoded = encodeUnicodeText(unicodeUrduText);
encoded.text;
encoded.converted;
encoded.unsupported;
encoded.warnings;

PROFILE; // the mapping profile version this package implements

Unsupported characters are always preserved in text rather than replaced with a guess — check unsupported/warnings before trusting a conversion is complete.

Hosted API

A beta HTTP API using this same engine is also available for callers who don't want to embed the package directly. It is not self-serve yet — contact Write Urdu for beta access.

License

MIT © Write Urdu