Octify - Base8 Encoder

Octify is a JavaScript library that transforms any data into a numerical string, optionally applying compression to reduce the size of the encoded data.

Features

• Encodes strings and objects into a compact, custom string format made of 8 number characters.
• Optional compression using the Deflate algorithm (via the Pako library).
• Decodes the data back into its original form with or without decompression.
• Full UTF-8 charset support, including all alphabets and most emogis.
• Runs on the Browser and in NodeJS.

Usage

encode(data, compression = true)

Encodes a string, object, number or boolean into a custom compact string format. Optionally compresses the data.

Parameters:

• data (string | object | number | boolean): The data to encode (either a string or an object).
• compression (boolean, default true): Whether to apply compression. If set to false, no compression is applied.

Returns:

• A string representing the encoded data.

Example:

const { encode } = require('octify');

// Encoding an object with compression (default)
const obj = { age: 30, text: "Hi, I'm John a computer engineer."};
const encodedData = encode(obj);
console.log(encodedData); // "01360470526254224230236252544144154640242124222532120242544244744620650242740250636252740624637202462202502206346361321201332213344220633273730226232132644246524012000532152040734"

// Encoding a string without compression
const str = "Hello, World!";
const encodedDataNoCompression = encode(str, false);
console.log(encodedDataNoCompression); // "0036047074622063262262265624202063613724223420110176474010324"

decode(data)

Decodes a custom encoded string back into its original form. Handles decompression if the data was compressed during encoding.

Parameters:

• data (string): The encoded string to decode.

Returns:

• The decoded data (string | object | number | boolean).

Example:

const { decode } = require('octify');

// Decoding compressed encoded data
const encodedData = "0036047074622063262262265624202063613724223420110176474010324";
const decodedData = decode(encodedData);
console.log(decodedData); // "Hello, World!"

Compression Details

Octify uses Deflate compression via the Pako library to optionally compress the data, which can help reduce the size of the encoded data, especially for large datasets. However, for small datasets, compressing the data might actually result in a larger output due to the compression overhead. For that reason, compression is always disabled on number and boolean.

Encoding Details

Octify encodes data using only 8 unique digits, effectively performing base8 encoding. While it attempts to skip repeated bits during encoding, you can expect the output to be significantly larger than the original data. In the worst-case scenario, the output may be more than four times the size of the input.

API

encode(data, compression = true)

Encodes the input data into a custom compact string format with optional compression.

• Parameters:

  • data (string | object | number | boolean): The data to encode.
  • compression (boolean, default true): Whether to apply compression.

• Returns: A string representing the encoded data.

decode(data)

Decodes the custom encoded string back into its original form, with optional decompression.

• Parameters:

  • data (string): The encoded string.

• Returns: The decoded data (string | object | number | boolean).