Dekkonot / base91-luau

Pure Luau codec for converting strings to and from Base91

base91-luau

An implementation of Base91 in Luau. As the primary consumer of Luau is Roblox, this module uses apostrophes (') instead of quotation marks (") for the output.

Four functions are returned from the main module:

• encodeString
• decodeString
• encodeBytes
• decodeBytes
• encodeBuffer
• decodeBuffer

These functions are documented below. They are also documented more thoroughly within the module itself.

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encodeString(input: string): string

Takes a string and applies base91 encoding to it.

decodeString(input: string): string

Takes a base91 encoded string and decodes it.

encodeBytes(input: {number}): {number}

Takes an array of bytes and returns them as a base91 encoded sequence. These bytes should be 8 bits.

decodeBytes(input: {number}): {number}

Takes base91 encoded sequence of bytes and decodes them. The bytes should be 8 bits.

encodeBuffer(input: buffer, skipTruncating: boolean?): buffer

Takes a buffer and returns a base91 encoded version of it.

If skipTruncating is true, the returned buffer will be trimmed to be exactly the length of the output. The default value for skipTruncating is true.

decodeBuffer(input: buffer, skipTruncating: boolean?): buffer

Takes a base91 encoded buffer and returns it decoded.

If skipTruncating is true, the returned buffer will be trimmed to be exactly the length of the output. The default value for skipTruncating is true.