See abstract-encoding and compact-encoding for similar functionality.

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Dat's way of encoding and decoding dat links.

var encoding = require('dat-encoding')
var link = '6161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161'
var buf = encoding.decode(link)
console.log('%s -> %s', link, buf)
console.log('%s -> %s', buf, encoding.encode(buf))

Encode buf into a hex string. Throws if buf isn't 32 bytes of length.

If buf is already a string, checks if it's valid and returns it.

Decode str into its binary representation. Also supports dat:// and dat.com/ links. Throws if the raw link isn't 64 bytes of base64.

If str is already a buffer, checks if it's valid and returns it.

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