SYNOPSIS
Recursive Length Prefix Encoding for node.js.
INSTALL
npm install rlp
install with -g if you want to use the cli.
USAGE
var RLP = require('rlp');
var assert = require('assert');
var nestedList = [ [], [[]], [ [], [[]] ] ];
var encoded = RLP.encode(nestedList);
var decoded = RLP.decode(encoded);
assert.deepEqual(nestedList, decoded);
API
rlp.encode(plain) - RLP encodes an Array, Buffer or String and returns a Buffer.
rlp.decode(encoded, [skipRemainderCheck=false]) - Decodes an RLP encoded Buffer, Array or String and returns a Buffer or an Array of Buffers. If skipRemainderCheck is enabled, rlp will just decode the first rlp sequence in the buffer. By default, it would throw an error if there are more bytes in Buffer than used by rlp sequence.
CLI
rlp decode <hex string>
rlp encode <json String>
TESTS
Test uses mocha. To run npm test
CODE COVERAGE
Install dev dependencies
npm install
Run
npm run coverage
The results are at
coverage/lcov-report/index.html