msgpack for all

simple-msgpack is an adaptation from ygeo/msgpack.js this version is ES7+ and will not work in older browsers.

install the lastest

<script src="https://unpkg.com/simple-msgpack">

or just download msgpack.min.js from the repo

Weight Currently

raw: 13.9kb
minified: 5.76kb
minified + gzip: ~2.2kb

API

.encode put in your objects, arrays, or what ever else JSON would have accepted

.decode deserialize raw Uint8Arrays straight into what they were before they were encoded

const person = {
  name: 'Bob Guy',
  languages: ['javascript', 'golang'],
  born: new Date(Date.parse('1 April 1997'))
}


const raw = msgpack.encode(person)

const decodedPerson = msgpack.decode(raw)

if (
  decodedPerson.name === person.name &&
  +decodedPerson.born === +person.born
) {
  console.log('all is well that decodes well!')
}

tip

if you need to decode a msgpack string, like, say from localStorage for example, then do this:

const data = localStorage
  .getItem('msgpack-stored-as-number-string')

const out = msgpack.decode(
  Uint8Array.from(
    data
      .split(',')
      .map(i => parseInt(i, 10))
  )
)

if (out.rightAsRain) {
  console.log('good!')
}

LICENSE is MIT

Original creator is Yves github.com/ygoe.
This is an adaptation/simplification of his original project.

This version, like his, is MIT so do what you will with it.