Netstrings

Elixir encoder and decoder for djb's netstrings

Installation

# add dependencies in mix.exs
defp deps do
  [
    {:netstrings, "~> 0.1"}
  ]
end

# and fetch
$ mix deps.get

Examples

iex> Netstrings.encode(0)
{:error, "Can only encode binaries"}
iex> Netstrings.encode("hello world!")
{:ok, "12:hello world!,"}

iex> Netstrings.decode(0)
{:error, "Can only decode binaries"}
iex> Netstrings.decode("12:hello world!,")
{:ok, ["hello world!"], ""}