Description
The idea is to get a buffer of bytes from a socket or a file, and then convert them into a file, you can thinking about to transfer an image through a socket, that is my case.
Buffer library
NodeJS has a library buffer that takes care to convert decimal to hex, and then you can use it to write into a file. In my case, I have to convert decimal to hex but you can even populate the buffer with only hex values.
This is a piece of code to write into a file:
Your output should be something like that:
Also you should get the message "The file was saved!" and then if you check what there is inside, you have to read "GIF".
The idea is to get a buffer of bytes from a socket or a file, and then convert them into a file, you can thinking about to transfer an image through a socket, that is my case.
Buffer library
NodeJS has a library buffer that takes care to convert decimal to hex, and then you can use it to write into a file. In my case, I have to convert decimal to hex but you can even populate the buffer with only hex values.
This is a piece of code to write into a file:
var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
var fs = require('fs');
var myBuffer= new Buffer(3); myBuffer[0] = 71; myBuffer[1] = 73; myBuffer[2] = 70;
console.log(test);
fs.writeFile("test.txt", test, function(err) { if(err) { console.log(err); } else { console.log("The file was saved!"); } });
<Buffer 47 49 46>
means that your values has been converted into bytes, from decimal to hex, you can check it with a Calculator.
That is all you need to convert your buffer of bytes into a file, image, text, etc...