BSV v0.1.0-dev.1 BSV.Util View Source

A collection of commonly used helper methods.

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Functions

Encodes the given binary data with the specified encoding scheme.

Generates random bits for the given number of bytes.

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encode(data, encoding)

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encode(binary(), atom()) :: binary()

Encodes the given binary data with the specified encoding scheme.

Options

The accepted encoding schemes are:

  • :base64 - Encodes the binary using Base64
  • :hex - Encodes the binary using Base16 (hexidecimal), using lower character case

Examples

iex> BSV.Util.encode("hello world", :base64)
"aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="

iex> BSV.Util.encode("hello world", :hex)
"68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
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random_bytes(bytes)

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random_bytes(integer()) :: binary()

Generates random bits for the given number of bytes.

Examples

iex> iv = BSV.Util.random_bytes(16)
...> bit_size(iv)
128