ip2buf v2.0.0

ip2buf

Convert IPv4 or IPv6 address to the Buffer.

Usage

const { pton4, pton6 } = require('ip2buf')

pton4('8.8.8.8') // Buffer<0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8>
pton6('2001::')  // Buffer<0x20, 0x01, 0, ...>

Perfomance

• IPv4

• IPv6

API

• pton(af: number, addr: string, [[dest: Buffer], index: number]): Buffer

Convert IPv4 or IPv6 address to the Buffer.

const { pton, constants: { IPV4_OCTETS, IPV6_OCTETS } } = require('ip2buf')

pton(IPV4_OCTETS, '127.0.0.1')
pton(IPV6_OCTETS, '::1')

• pton4(addr: string, [[dest: Buffer], index: number]): Buffer

Convert IPv4 address to the Buffer.

• pton6(addr: string, [[dest: Buffer], index: number]): Buffer

Convert IPv6 address to the Buffer.

• constants: Object

  • IPV4_OCTETS - size of IPv4 target buffer.
  • IPV6_OCTETS - size of IPv6 target buffer.

Related

• date2buffer - convert Date to the Buffer.

License

MIT, 2017 (c) Dmitry Tsvettsikh