# @aws-crypto/util

> Helper functions

Latest version **5.2.0** (published 2023-10-16) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @aws-crypto/util
pnpm add @aws-crypto/util
yarn add @aws-crypto/util
bun add @aws-crypto/util
```

## Health

**Score 40/100 (D)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

Negative: abandoned.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.2.0 |
| Published | 2023-10-16 |
| First published | 2021-09-17 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 29.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 69 |
| Author | AWS Crypto Tools Team |
| Maintainers | amzn-oss, seebees, agray256, lavaleri, salkeldr, aws-crypto-tools-ci-bot, mattsb42-aws, farleyb-aws |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-crypto/util
- Repository: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-crypto-helpers
- Homepage: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-crypto-helpers/tree/master/packages/util
- Issues: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-crypto-helpers/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@aws-crypto/util

## Dependencies (3)

- [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.6.2
- [@aws-sdk/types](https://npm.io/package/@aws-sdk/types.md) ^3.222.0
- [@smithy/util-utf8](https://npm.io/package/@smithy/util-utf8.md) ^2.0.0

## Recent versions

- 5.2.0 (latest) — 2023-10-16
- 5.1.0 — 2023-09-22
- 5.0.0 — 2023-07-13
- 4.0.0 — 2023-02-20
- 3.0.0 — 2023-01-12
- 2.0.2 — 2022-09-07
- 2.0.1 — 2021-12-09
- 2.0.0 — 2021-10-25
- 1.2.2 — 2021-10-13
- 1.2.1 — 2021-09-17
- 1.2.0 — 2021-09-17

## README

# @aws-crypto/util

Helper functions

## Usage

```
import { convertToBuffer } from '@aws-crypto/util';

const data = "asdf";
const utf8EncodedUint8Array = convertToBuffer(data);
```

## Test

`npm test`

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