# it-to-buffer

> Takes an async iterator that yields buffers and concatenates them all together

Latest version **5.0.0** (published 2026-05-08) · Apache-2.0 OR MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install it-to-buffer
pnpm add it-to-buffer
yarn add it-to-buffer
bun add it-to-buffer
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

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

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-05-08 |
| First published | 2020-03-16 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 17.5 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 283 |
| Author | Alex Potsides |
| Maintainers | achingbrain |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/it-to-buffer
- Repository: https://github.com/achingbrain/it
- Homepage: https://github.com/achingbrain/it/tree/main/packages/it-to-buffer#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/achingbrain/it/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/it-to-buffer

## Dependencies (1)

- [uint8arrays](https://npm.io/package/uint8arrays.md) ^6.1.0

## Recent versions

- 5.0.0 (latest) — 2026-05-08
- 4.0.12 — 2026-04-10
- 4.0.11 — 2026-04-10
- 4.0.10 — 2025-06-01
- 4.0.9 — 2025-05-13
- 4.0.8 — 2025-03-06
- 4.0.7 — 2024-04-25
- 4.0.6 — 2024-04-24
- 4.0.5 — 2023-12-11
- 4.0.4 — 2023-11-15
- 4.0.3 — 2023-08-16
- 4.0.2 — 2023-05-09
- 4.0.1 — 2023-03-31
- 4.0.0 — 2023-03-30
- 3.0.1 — 2023-03-02
- … 10 more at https://npm.io/package/it-to-buffer/versions

## README

# it-to-buffer

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> Takes an async iterator that yields buffers and concatenates them all together

# About

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Collects all `Uint8Array` values from an (async)iterable and returns them as a single `Uint8Array`.

## Example

```javascript
import toBuffer from 'it-to-buffer'

// This can also be an iterator, generator, etc
const values = [Buffer.from([0, 1]), Buffer.from([2, 3])]

const result = toBuffer(values)

console.info(result) // Buffer[0, 1, 2, 3]
```

Async sources must be awaited:

```javascript
import toBuffer from 'it-to-buffer'

const values = async function * () {
  yield Buffer.from([0, 1])
  yield Buffer.from([2, 3])
}

const result = await toBuffer(values())

console.info(result) // Buffer[0, 1, 2, 3]
```

# Install

```console
$ npm i it-to-buffer
```

## Browser `<script>` tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make its exports available as `ItToBuffer` in the global namespace.

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/it-to-buffer/dist/index.min.js"></script>
```

# API Docs

- <https://achingbrain.github.io/it/modules/it-to-buffer.html>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/achingbrain/it/blob/main/packages/it-to-buffer/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/achingbrain/it/blob/main/packages/it-to-buffer/LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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