The Node.js Buffer
API predates the introduction of ArrayBuffer
into the JavaScript language. Bun implements both.
Use the static Buffer.from()
method to create a Buffer
from an ArrayBuffer
.
const arrBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(64);
const nodeBuffer = Buffer.from(arrBuffer);
To create a Buffer
that only views a portion of the underlying buffer, pass the offset and length to the constructor.
const arrBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(64);
const nodeBuffer = Buffer.from(arrBuffer, 0, 16); // view first 16 bytes
See Docs > API > Binary Data for complete documentation on manipulating binary data with Bun.