I have this string of bytes represented in hex:
const s = "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\x8bV23J15O4\xb14\xb1H61417KKLL\xb50L5U\x8a\x05\x00\xf6\xaa\x8e.\x1c\x00\x00\x00"
I would like to convert it to Uint8Array in order to further manipulate it.
How can it be done?
Update:
The binary string is coming from python backend. In python I can create this representation correctly:
encoded = base64.b64encode(b'\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\x8bV23J15O4\xb14\xb1H61417KKLL\xb50L5U\x8a\x05\x00\xf6\xaa\x8e.\x1c\x00\x00\x00')
Since JavaScript strings support \x escapes, this should work to convert a Python byte string to a Uint8Array :
const s = "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\x8bV23J15O4\xb14\xb1H61417KKLL\xb50L5U\x8a\x05\x00\xf6\xaa\x8e.\x1c\x00\x00\x00";
const array = Uint8Array.from([...s].map(v => v.charCodeAt(0)));
console.log(array);In Node.js, one uses Buffer.from to convert a (base64-encoded) string into a Buffer.
If the original argument is a base64 encoded string, as in Python:
const buffer = Buffer.from(encodedString, 'base64');
It if's a UTF-8 encoded string:
const buffer = Buffer.from(encodedString);
Buffers are instances of Uint8Array, so they can be used wherever a Uint8Array is expected. Quoting from the docs:
The
Bufferclass is a subclass of JavaScript'sUint8Arrayclass and extends it with methods that cover additional use cases. Node.js APIs accept plainUint8Arrays whereverBuffers are supported as well.
const s = "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\x8bV23J15O4\xb14\xb1H61417KKLL\xb50L5U\x8a\x05\x00\xf6\xaa\x8e.\x1c\x00\x00\x00"
//btoa(base64) - transforms base64 to ascii
let str = btoa(s)
let encoder = new TextEncoder()
let typedarr = encoder.encode(str) //encode() returns Uint8Array
console.log(typedarr)