libqp

Encode and decode quoted-printable strings according to RFC2045.

Usage

Install with npm

npm install libqp

Require in your script

var libqp = require('libqp');

Encode values

Encode Buffer objects or unicode strings with

libqp.encode(val) → String

Where

• val is a Buffer or an unicode string

Example

libqp.encode('jõgeva');
// j=C3=B5geva

Wrap encoded values

Quoted-Printable encoded lines are limited to 76 characters but encode method might return lines longer than the limit.

To enforce soft line breaks on lines longer than 76 (or any other length) characters, use wrap

libqp.wrap(str[, lineLength]) → String

Where

• str is a Quoted-Printable encoded string
• lineLength (defaults to 76) is the maximum allowed line length. Any longer line will be soft wrapped

Example

libqp.wrap('abc j=C3=B5geva', 10)
// abc j=\r\n
// =C3=B5geva

Transform Streams

libqp makes it possible to encode and decode streams with libqp.Encoder and libqp.Decoder constructors.

Encoder Stream

Create new Encoder Stream with

var encoder = new libqp.Encoder([options])

Where

• options is the optional stream options object with an additional option lineLength if you want to use any other line length than the default 76 characters (or set to false to turn the soft wrapping off completely)

Example

The following example script reads in a file, encodes it to Quoted-Printable and saves the output to a file.

var libqp = require('libqp');
var fs = require('fs');
var source = fs.createReadStream('source.txt');
var encoded = fs.createReadStream('encoded.txt');
var encoder = new libqp.Encoder();

source.pipe(encoder).pipe(encoded);

Decoder Stream

Create new Decoder Stream with

var decoder = new libqp.Decoder([options])

Where

• options is the optional stream options object

Example

The following example script reads in a file in Quoted-Printable encoding, decodes it and saves the output to a file.

var libqp = require('libqp');
var fs = require('fs');
var encoded = fs.createReadStream('encoded.txt');
var dest = fs.createReadStream('dest.txt');
var decoder = new libqp.Decoder();

encoded.pipe(decoder).pipe(dest);

License

MIT