msgpack-lite  

Fast Pure JavaScript MessagePack Encoder and Decoder


Online demo: http://kawanet.github.io/msgpack-lite/

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- Pure JavaScript only (No node-gyp nor gcc required)
- Faster than any other pure JavaScript libraries on node.js v4
- Even faster than node-gyp C++ based msgpack library (90% faster on encoding)
- Streaming encoding and decoding interface is also available. It's more faster.
- Ready for Web browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari and even IE8
- Tested on Node.js v0.10, v0.12, v4, v5 and v6 as well as Web browsers

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``js
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");

// encode from JS Object to MessagePack (Buffer)
var buffer = msgpack.encode({"foo": "bar"});

// decode from MessagePack (Buffer) to JS Object
var data = msgpack.decode(buffer); // => {"foo": "bar"}

// if encode/decode receives an invalid argument an error is thrown
`

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`js
var fs = require("fs");
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");

var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream("test.msp");
var encodeStream = msgpack.createEncodeStream();
encodeStream.pipe(writeStream);

// send multiple objects to stream
encodeStream.write({foo: "bar"});
encodeStream.write({baz: "qux"});

// call this once you're done writing to the stream.
encodeStream.end();
`

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`js
var fs = require("fs");
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");

var readStream = fs.createReadStream("test.msp");
var decodeStream = msgpack.createDecodeStream();

// show multiple objects decoded from stream
readStream.pipe(decodeStream).on("data", console.warn);
`

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`js
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");

// decode() accepts Buffer instance per default
msgpack.decode(Buffer([0x81, 0xA3, 0x66, 0x6F, 0x6F, 0xA3, 0x62, 0x61, 0x72]));

// decode() also accepts Array instance
msgpack.decode([0x81, 0xA3, 0x66, 0x6F, 0x6F, 0xA3, 0x62, 0x61, 0x72]);

// decode() accepts raw Uint8Array instance as well
msgpack.decode(new Uint8Array([0x81, 0xA3, 0x66, 0x6F, 0x6F, 0xA3, 0x62, 0x61, 0x72]));
`

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A CLI tool bin/msgpack converts data stream from JSON to MessagePack and vice versa.

`sh
$ echo '{"foo": "bar"}' | ./bin/msgpack -Jm | od -tx1
0000000 81 a3 66 6f 6f a3 62 61 72

$ echo '{"foo": "bar"}' | ./bin/msgpack -Jm | ./bin/msgpack -Mj
{"foo":"bar"}
`

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`sh
$ npm install --save msgpack-lite
`

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Run tests on node.js:

`sh
$ make test
`

Run tests on browsers:

`sh
$ make test-browser-local
open the following url in a browser:
http://localhost:4000/__zuul
`

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Browser version msgpack.min.js is also available. 50KB minified, 14KB gziped.

`html



`

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Step #1: write some code at first.

`js
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");
var buffer = msgpack.encode({"foo": "bar"});
var data = msgpack.decode(buffer);
console.warn(data); // => {"foo": "bar"}
`

Proceed to the next steps if you prefer faster browserify compilation time.

Step #2: add browser property on package.json in your project. This refers the global msgpack object instead of including whole of msgpack-lite source code.

`json
{
"dependencies": {
"msgpack-lite": "*"
},
"browser": {
"msgpack-lite": "msgpack-lite/global"
}
}
`

Step #3: compile it with browserify and uglifyjs.

`sh
browserify src/main.js -o tmp/main.browserify.js -s main
uglifyjs tmp/main.browserify.js -m -c -o js/main.min.js
cp node_modules/msgpack-lite/dist/msgpack.min.js js/msgpack.min.js
`

Step #4: load msgpack.min.js before your code.

`html


`

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It is tested to have basic compatibility with other Node.js MessagePack modules below:

- https://www.npmjs.com/package/msgpack (1.0.2)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/msgpack-js (0.3.0)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/msgpack-js-v5 (0.3.0-v5)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/msgpack-unpack (2.1.1)
- https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-javascript (msgpack.codec)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/msgpack5 (3.3.0)
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/notepack (0.0.2)

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A benchmark tool lib/benchmark.js is available to compare encoding/decoding speed
(operation per second) with other MessagePack modules.
It counts operations of 1KB JSON document in 10 seconds.

`sh
$ npm install msgpack msgpack-js msgpack-js-v5 msgpack-unpack msgpack5 notepack
$ npm run benchmark 10
`

operation | op | ms | op/s
--------------------------------------------------------- | -----: | ----: | -----:
buf = Buffer(JSON.stringify(obj)); | 1055200 | 10000 | 105520
obj = JSON.parse(buf); | 863800 | 10000 | 86380
buf = require("msgpack-lite").encode(obj); | 969100 | 10000 | 96910
obj = require("msgpack-lite").decode(buf); | 600300 | 10000 | 60030
buf = require("msgpack").pack(obj); | 503500 | 10001 | 50344
obj = require("msgpack").unpack(buf); | 560200 | 10001 | 56014
buf = Buffer(require("msgpack.codec").msgpack.pack(obj)); | 653500 | 10000 | 65349
obj = require("msgpack.codec").msgpack.unpack(buf); | 367500 | 10001 | 36746
buf = require("msgpack-js-v5").encode(obj); | 189500 | 10002 | 18946
obj = require("msgpack-js-v5").decode(buf); | 408900 | 10000 | 40890
buf = require("msgpack-js").encode(obj); | 189200 | 10000 | 18920
obj = require("msgpack-js").decode(buf); | 375600 | 10002 | 37552
buf = require("msgpack5")().encode(obj); | 110500 | 10009 | 11040
obj = require("msgpack5")().decode(buf); | 165500 | 10000 | 16550
buf = require("notepack")().encode(obj); | 847800 | 10000 | 84780
obj = require("notepack")().decode(buf); | 599800 | 10000 | 59980
obj = require("msgpack-unpack").decode(buf); | 48100 | 10002 | 4809

Streaming benchmark tool lib/benchmark-stream.js is also available.
It counts milliseconds for 1,000,000 operations of 30 bytes fluentd msgpack fragment.
This shows streaming encoding and decoding are super faster.

`sh
$ npm run benchmark-stream 2
`

operation (1000000 x 2) | op | ms | op/s
------------------------------------------------ | ------: | ----: | -----:
stream.write(msgpack.encode(obj)); | 1000000 | 3027 | 330360
stream.write(notepack.encode(obj)); | 1000000 | 2012 | 497017
msgpack.Encoder().on("data",ondata).encode(obj); | 1000000 | 2956 | 338294
msgpack.createEncodeStream().write(obj); | 1000000 | 1888 | 529661
stream.write(msgpack.decode(buf)); | 1000000 | 2020 | 495049
stream.write(notepack.decode(buf)); | 1000000 | 1794 | 557413
msgpack.Decoder().on("data",ondata).decode(buf); | 1000000 | 2744 | 364431
msgpack.createDecodeStream().write(buf); | 1000000 | 1341 | 745712

Test environment: msgpack-lite 0.1.14, Node v4.2.3, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz

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The following table shows how JavaScript objects (value) will be mapped to
MessagePack formats
and vice versa.

Source Value|MessagePack Format|Value Decoded
----|----|----
null, undefined|nil format family|null
Boolean (true, false)|bool format family|Boolean (true, false)
Number (32bit int)|int format family|Number (int or double)
Number (64bit double)|float format family|Number (double)
String|str format family|String
Buffer|bin format family|Buffer
Array|array format family|Array
Map|map format family|Map (if usemap=true)
Object (plain object)|map format family|Object (or Map if usemap=true)
Object (see below)|ext format family|Object (see below)

Note that both null and undefined are mapped to nil 0xC1 type.
This means undefined value will be upgraded to null in other words.

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The MessagePack specification allows 128 application-specific extension types.
The library uses the following types to make round-trip conversion possible
for JavaScript native objects.

Type|Object|Type|Object
----|----|----|----
0x00||0x10|
0x01|EvalError|0x11|Int8Array
0x02|RangeError|0x12|Uint8Array
0x03|ReferenceError|0x13|Int16Array
0x04|SyntaxError|0x14|Uint16Array
0x05|TypeError|0x15|Int32Array
0x06|URIError|0x16|Uint32Array
0x07||0x17|Float32Array
0x08||0x18|Float64Array
0x09||0x19|Uint8ClampedArray
0x0A|RegExp|0x1A|ArrayBuffer
0x0B|Boolean|0x1B|Buffer
0x0C|String|0x1C|
0x0D|Date|0x1D|DataView
0x0E|Error|0x1E|
0x0F|Number|0x1F|

Other extension types are mapped to built-in ExtBuffer object.

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Register a custom extension type number to serialize/deserialize your own class instances.

`js
var msgpack = require("msgpack-lite");

var codec = msgpack.createCodec();
codec.addExtPacker(0x3F, MyVector, myVectorPacker);
codec.addExtUnpacker(0x3F, myVectorUnpacker);

var data = new MyVector(1, 2);
var encoded = msgpack.encode(data, {codec: codec});
var decoded = msgpack.decode(encoded, {codec: codec});

function MyVector(x, y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}

function myVectorPacker(vector) {
var array = [vector.x, vector.y];
return msgpack.encode(array); // return Buffer serialized
}

function myVectorUnpacker(buffer) {
var array = msgpack.decode(buffer);
return new MyVector(array[0], array[1]); // return Object deserialized
}
`

The first argument of addExtPacker and addExtUnpacker should be an integer within the range of 0 and 127 (0x0 and 0x7F). myClassPacker is a function that accepts an instance of MyClass, and should return a buffer representing that instance. myClassUnpacker is the opposite: it accepts a buffer and should return an instance of MyClass.

If you pass an array of functions to addExtPacker or addExtUnpacker, the value to be encoded/decoded will pass through each one in order. This allows you to do things like this:

`js
codec.addExtPacker(0x00, Date, [Number, msgpack.encode]);
`

You can also pass the codec option to msgpack.Decoder(options), msgpack.Encoder(options), msgpack.createEncodeStream(options), and msgpack.createDecodeStream(options).

If you wish to modify the default built-in codec, you can access it at msgpack.codec.preset.

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msgpack.createCodec() function accepts some options.

It does NOT have the preset extension types defined when no options given.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec();
`

preset: It has the preset extension types described above.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({preset: true});
`

safe: It runs a validation of the value before writing it into buffer. This is the default behavior for some old browsers which do not support ArrayBuffer object.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({safe: true});
`

useraw: It uses raw formats instead of bin and str.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({useraw: true});
`

int64: It decodes msgpack's int64/uint64 formats with int64-buffer object.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({int64: true});
`

binarraybuffer: It ties msgpack's bin format with ArrayBuffer object, instead of Buffer object.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({binarraybuffer: true, preset: true});
`

uint8array: It returns Uint8Array object when encoding, instead of Buffer object.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({uint8array: true});
`

usemap: Uses the global JavaScript Map type, if available, to unpack
MessagePack map elements.

`js
var codec = msgpack.createCodec({usemap: true});
`

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The compatibility mode respects for msgpack's old spec. Set true to useraw.

`js
// default mode handles both str and bin formats individually
msgpack.encode("Aa"); // => (str format)
msgpack.encode(new Buffer([0x41, 0x61])); // => (bin format)

msgpack.decode(new Buffer([0xa2, 0x41, 0x61])); // => 'Aa' (String)
msgpack.decode(new Buffer([0xc4, 0x02, 0x41, 0x61])); // => (Buffer)

// compatibility mode handles only raw format both for String and Buffer
var options = {codec: msgpack.createCodec({useraw: true})};
msgpack.encode("Aa", options); // => (raw format)
msgpack.encode(new Buffer([0x41, 0x61]), options); // => (raw format)

msgpack.decode(new Buffer([0xa2, 0x41, 0x61]), options); // => (Buffer)
msgpack.decode(new Buffer([0xa2, 0x41, 0x61]), options).toString(); // => 'Aa' (String)
``

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- https://github.com/kawanet/msgpack-lite

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- http://msgpack.org/

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Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Yusuke Kawasaki

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