iso-base

Isomorphic utilities for webcrypto, RFC4648 encoding, LEB128 encoding, UTF-8 encoding, base-x encoding, varint encoding, elliptic curve compression, binary buffer I/O, and buffer manipulation.

Features

• RFC4648 Encoding: Base2, Base8, Base16, Base32, Base32hex, Base64, Base64url encoding/decoding
• Base-X Encoding: Base10, Base36, Base58BTC encoding/decoding with leading zero compression
• LEB128: Unsigned LEB128 encoding/decoding with BigInt support
• Varint: Unsigned variable-length integer encoding/decoding (multiformats compatible)
• UTF-8: UTF-8 string encoding/decoding
• Crypto: Isomorphic WebCrypto API and secure random bytes
• EC Compression: Elliptic curve point compression/decompression (P-256, P-384, P-521, secp256k1)
• Utils: TypedArray and BufferSource utilities (concatenation, equality checks, type guards, conversions)
• Buffer: Cross-platform binary buffer with cursor-based I/O, auto-growth, and varint/LEB128 support

Install

pnpm install iso-base

Entrypoints

• iso-base - Main entrypoint (exports Crypto, Rfc4648, UTF8, Utils)
• iso-base/utils - TypedArray and BufferSource utilities
• iso-base/utf8 - UTF-8 codec
• iso-base/crypto - WebCrypto API and random bytes
• iso-base/rfc4648 - RFC4648 encoding codecs
• iso-base/base-x - Base-X encoding codecs
• iso-base/varint - Varint encoding/decoding
• iso-base/leb128 - LEB128 encoding/decoding
• iso-base/ec-compression - Elliptic curve compression utilities
• iso-base/buffer - Binary buffer with cursor-based I/O
• iso-base/types - TypeScript type definitions

Usage

RFC4648 Encoding

import { base16, base32, base64, base64url, hex } from 'iso-base/rfc4648'

// Encode bytes to string
const encoded = base64.encode(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]))
// 'AQID'

// Decode string to bytes
const decoded = base64.decode('AQID')
// Uint8Array [1, 2, 3]

// Encode strings (automatically converts via UTF-8)
const strEncoded = base64.encode('hello')
// 'aGVsbG8='

// Available codecs: base2, base8, hex, base16, base32, base32hex, base64, base64pad, base64url
const hexEncoded = hex.encode(new Uint8Array([255, 255]))
// 'ffff'

Base-X Encoding

import { base10, base36, base58btc, baseX } from 'iso-base/base-x'

// Encode bytes to base58
const encoded = base58btc.encode(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]))
// 'Ldp'

// Decode base58 to bytes
const decoded = base58btc.decode('Ldp')
// Uint8Array [1, 2, 3]

// Available codecs: base10, base36, base58btc
const base10Encoded = base10.encode(new Uint8Array([123]))
// '123'

// Create custom base-x codec
const custom = baseX('base58btc')

LEB128 Encoding

import { unsigned } from 'iso-base/leb128'

// Encode number or BigInt
const encoded = unsigned.encode(19810)
// Uint8Array [226, 154, 1]

// Decode to BigInt
const [decoded, size] = unsigned.decode(encoded)
// [19810n, 3]

// Get encoding length
const length = unsigned.encodingLength(encoded)
// 3

// Supports BigInt
const bigEncoded = unsigned.encode('16497666429405569624')
const [bigDecoded] = unsigned.decode(bigEncoded)

Varint Encoding

import { encode, decode, encodingLength, tag, untag } from 'iso-base/varint'

// Encode number
const [encoded, size] = encode(300)
// [Uint8Array [172, 2], 2]

// Decode varint
const [decoded, readSize] = decode(encoded)
// [300, 2]

// Get encoding length
const length = encodingLength(300)
// 2

// Tag bytes with multicodec prefix
const tagged = tag(0x01, new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]))
// Uint8Array [1, 1, 2, 3]

// Untag bytes
const untagged = untag(0x01, tagged)
// Uint8Array [1, 2, 3]

UTF-8 Encoding

import { utf8 } from 'iso-base/utf8'

// Encode string to bytes
const bytes = utf8.decode('hello')
// Uint8Array [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]

// Decode bytes to string
const str = utf8.encode(bytes)
// 'hello'

Crypto

import { webcrypto, randomBytes } from 'iso-base/crypto'

// Get WebCrypto API (isomorphic)
const crypto = webcrypto

// Generate random bytes
const random = randomBytes(32)
// Uint8Array(32) [random bytes...]

// Use WebCrypto API
const key = await crypto.subtle.generateKey(
  { name: 'AES-GCM', length: 256 },
  true,
  ['encrypt', 'decrypt']
)

Elliptic Curve Compression

import { compress, decompress, decompressSecp256k1, isCompressed, isUncompressed } from 'iso-base/ec-compression'

// Compress uncompressed public key (0x04 prefix)
const uncompressed = new Uint8Array([0x04, /* x and y coordinates */])
const compressed = compress(uncompressed)
// Uint8Array [0x02 or 0x03, /* x coordinate */]

// Decompress compressed public key
const decompressed = decompress(compressed, 'P-256')
// Uint8Array [0x04, /* x and y coordinates */]

// Check compression status
const isComp = isCompressed(compressed)
// true

// Decompress secp256k1 keys
const secp256k1Decompressed = decompressSecp256k1(compressed)

Utils

import { 
  u8, 
  concat, 
  equals, 
  isUint8Array, 
  isBufferSource, 
  isTypedArray,
  assertUint8Array 
} from 'iso-base/utils'

// Convert any TypedArray to Uint8Array
const uint8 = u8(new Int8Array([1, 2, 3]))
// Uint8Array [1, 2, 3]

// Concatenate arrays
const combined = concat([
  new Uint8Array([1, 2]),
  new Uint8Array([3, 4])
])
// Uint8Array [1, 2, 3, 4]

// Check equality
const isEqual = equals(
  new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]),
  new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3])
)
// true

// Type guards
isUint8Array(new Uint8Array([1]))
// true

isBufferSource(new ArrayBuffer(8))
// true

isTypedArray(new Int16Array([1]))
// true

// Assertions
assertUint8Array(new Uint8Array([1]))
// void (throws if not Uint8Array)

Binary Buffer I/O

import { ISOBuffer } from 'iso-base/buffer'

// Create buffer (default 8KB, or specify size)
const buf = new ISOBuffer(64)

// Write data - cursor auto-advances
buf.writeUint32(0xdeadbeef)
buf.writeVarint(300)
buf.writeUtf8('hello')

// Rewind and read back
buf.rewind()
console.log(buf.readUint32().toString(16)) // 'deadbeef'
console.log(buf.readVarint()) // 300
console.log(buf.readUtf8(5)) // 'hello'

// Export written portion
const bytes = buf.toArray()
// Uint8Array [239, 190, 173, 222, 172, 2, 104, 101, 108, 108, 111]

import { ISOBuffer } from 'iso-base/buffer'

// Wrap existing data (zero-copy)
const data = new Uint8Array([0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04])
const buf = new ISOBuffer(data)

// Cursor navigation
buf.skip(2)           // Move forward 2 bytes
buf.back(1)           // Move back 1 byte
buf.seek(0)           // Jump to offset 0
buf.rewind()          // Same as seek(0)

// Bookmarking with mark stack
buf.pushMark()        // Save current position
buf.skip(3)
buf.popMark()         // Restore saved position

// Endianness control (default: little-endian)
buf.setBigEndian()
const be = buf.readUint16() // Read as big-endian
buf.setLittleEndian()
const le = buf.readUint16() // Read as little-endian

import { ISOBuffer } from 'iso-base/buffer'

// Auto-growing buffer
const buf = new ISOBuffer(4)
buf.writeUint32(1)
buf.writeUint32(2) // Buffer automatically grows
buf.writeUint32(3)

// LEB128 for large integers (BigInt)
buf.rewind()
buf.writeLeb128(123456789012345678901234567890n)
buf.rewind()
const big = buf.readLeb128() // 123456789012345678901234567890n

// Clone and deep clone
const shallow = buf.clone()     // Shares underlying ArrayBuffer
const deep = buf.deepClone()    // Independent copy

Main Entrypoint

import { Crypto, Rfc4648, UTF8, Utils } from 'iso-base'

// Access all modules via namespaces
const random = Crypto.randomBytes(32)
const encoded = Rfc4648.base64.encode(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]))
const utf8Bytes = UTF8.utf8.decode('hello')
const isUint8 = Utils.isUint8Array(new Uint8Array([1]))

License

MIT © Hugo Dias