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# byte-size

An isomorphic, load-anywhere function to convert a bytes value (e.g. `3456`) to a human-readable string (`'3.5 kB'`). Choose between [metric or IEC units](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte) (summarised below) or specify your own custom units.

Value  | Metric        | Metric (octet) |
-----  | ------------- | -------------- |
1000   | kB  kilobyte  | ko  kilooctet  |
1000^2 | MB  megabyte  | Mo  megaoctet  |
1000^3 | GB  gigabyte  | Go  gigaoctet  |
1000^4 | TB  terabyte  | To  teraoctet  |
1000^5 | PB  petabyte  | Po  petaoctet  |
1000^6 | EB  exabyte   | Eo  exaoctet   |
1000^7 | ZB  zettabyte | Zo  zettaoctet |
1000^8 | YB  yottabyte | Yo  yottaoctet |

Value  | IEC          | IEC (octet)   |
------ | ------------ | ------------- |
1024   | KiB kibibyte | Kio kibioctet |
1024^2 | MiB mebibyte | Mio mebioctet |
1024^3 | GiB gibibyte | Gio gibioctet |
1024^4 | TiB tebibyte | Tio tebioctet |
1024^5 | PiB pebibyte | Pio pebioctet |
1024^6 | EiB exbibyte | Eio exbioctet |
1024^7 | ZiB zebibyte | Zio zebioctet |
1024^8 | YiB yobibyte | Yio yobioctet |

## Synopsis

By default, `byteSize` converts the input number to a human readable string with metric units and a precision of 1.

```js
> const byteSize = require('byte-size')

> byteSize(1580)
{ value: '1.6', unit: 'kB', long: 'kilobytes' }
```

The object returned by `byteSize` defines a `toString` method therefore can be used directly in string context.

```js
> `Filesize: ${byteSize(12400)}`
'Filesize: 12.4 kB'
```

Override the default `toString` behaviour by setting [`options.toStringFn`](#bytesizebytes-options--object-).

```js
> function toStringFn () {
  return `**${this.value}${this.unit}**`
}

> `Filesize: ${byteSize(12400, { toStringFn })}`
'Filesize: **12.4kB**'
```

Beside the default of `metric`, there are three other built-in units available: `metric_octet`, `iec` and `iec_octet`.

```js
> byteSize(1580, { units: 'iec' })
{ value: '1.5', unit: 'KiB', long: 'kibibytes' }

> byteSize(1580, { units: 'iec_octet' })
{ value: '1.5', unit: 'Kio', long: 'kibioctets' }

> byteSize(1580, { units: 'metric_octet' })
{ value: '1.6', unit: 'ko', long: 'kilooctets' }
```

You can adjust the `precision`.

```js
> byteSize(1580, { units: 'iec', precision: 3 })
{ value: '1.543', unit: 'KiB', long: 'kibibytes' }

> byteSize(1580, { units: 'iec', precision: 0 })
{ value: '2', unit: 'KiB', long: 'kibibytes' }
```

Define custom units by passing an object containing one or more additional conversion tables to `options.customUnits`. In `options.units`, specify the name of a property from the `customUnits` object.

```js
> const customUnits = {
  simple: [
    { from: 0   , to: 1e3 , unit: ''  },
    { from: 1e3 , to: 1e6 , unit: 'K', long: 'thousand' },
    { from: 1e6 , to: 1e9 , unit: 'Mn', long: 'million' },
    { from: 1e9 , to: 1e12, unit: 'Bn', long: 'billion' }
  ]
}

> const { value, unit } = byteSize(10000, { customUnits, units: 'simple' })

> `${value}${unit}`
'10.0K'
```

Override the built-in defaults for the duration of the process by passing an options object to `byteSize.defaultOptions()`. This results in cleaner code in cases where `byteSize` is used often with the same options.

```js
> byteSize.defaultOptions({
  units: 'simple',
  precision: 2,
  customUnits: {
    simple: [
      { from: 0, to: 1e3, unit: '' },
      { from: 1e3, to: 1e6, unit: 'k' },
      { from: 1e6, to: 1e9, unit: 'm' },
      { from: 1e9, to: 1e12, unit: 'bn' },
    ]
  },
  toStringFn: function () {
    return this.value + this.unit
  }
})

> [2400, 16400, 3991200].map(byteSize).join(', ')
'2.40k, 16.40k, 3.99m'
```

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## Load anywhere

This library is compatible with Node.js, the Web and any style of module loader. It can be loaded anywhere, natively without transpilation.

Node.js (CommonJS):

```js
const byteSize = require('byte-size')
```

Node.js (ECMAScript Module):

```js
import byteSize from 'byte-size'
```

Within a modern browser ECMAScript Module:

```js
import byteSize from './node_modules/byte-size/index.js'
```

Browser global (adds `window.byteSize`):

```html
<script src="./node_modules/byte-size/dist/index.js"></script>
```

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