# it-length-prefixed

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> Streaming length prefixed buffers with async iterables

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Encode/decode streams of bytes with length-prefixes.

## Example

```js
import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
import * as lp from 'it-length-prefixed'

const encoded = []

// encode
await pipe(
  [uint8ArrayFromString('hello world')],
  (source) => lp.encode(source),
  async source => {
    for await (const chunk of source) {
      encoded.push(chunk.slice()) // (.slice converts Uint8ArrayList to Uint8Array)
    }
  }
)

console.log(encoded)
// => [Buffer <0b 68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64>]

const decoded = []

// decode
await pipe(
  encoded, // e.g. from above
  (source) => lp.decode(source),
  async source => {
    for await (const chunk of source) {
      decoded.push(chunk.slice()) // (.slice converts Uint8ArrayList to Uint8Array)
    }
  }
)

console.log(decoded)
// => [Buffer <68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64>]
```

# API Docs

- <https://alanshaw.github.io/it-length-prefixed>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/alanshaw/it-length-prefixed/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/alanshaw/it-length-prefixed/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.