# compact2string Convert bittorrent's [compact](http://wiki.theory.org/BitTorrent_Tracker_Protocol#Peer_Dictionary_Format) ip/host binary returned by Trackers to 'hostname:port' string. [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/bencevans/node-compact2string.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/bencevans/node-compact2string) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/bencevans/node-compact2string/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/bencevans/node-compact2string?branch=master) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/bencevans/node-compact2string.png)](https://david-dm.org/bencevans/node-compact2string) [![browser support](https://ci.testling.com/bencevans/node-compact2string.png) ](https://ci.testling.com/bencevans/node-compact2string) Need the reverse of this? Checkout https://github.com/feross/string2compact ## Installation ```npm install compact2string``` ## Usage ### Single compact2string ```javascript var compact2string = require("compact2string"); var Buffer = require("buffer").Buffer; var ipport = compact2string(new Buffer("0A0A0A05FF80", "hex")); console.log(ipport); ``` => ```"10.10.10.5:65408" ``` ```javascript ipport = compact2string(new Buffer("2a03288021109f07faceb00c000000010050", "hex")); console.log(ipport); ``` => ```"[2a03:2880:2110:9f07:face:b00c::1]:80" ``` ### Multiple in same buffer ```javascript var hostports = compact2string.multi(new Buffer("0A0A0A05008064383a636f6d", "hex")); console.log(hostports); ``` => ```[ '10.10.10.5:128', '100.56.58.99:28525' ]``` IPv6 version: `compact2string.multi6()` ## Licence (MIT Licence)