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| # Punycode.js [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/punycode) [](https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/punycode) | |
| Punycode.js is a robust Punycode converter that fully complies to [RFC 3492](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492) and [RFC 5891](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5891). | |
| This JavaScript library is the result of comparing, optimizing and documenting different open-source implementations of the Punycode algorithm: | |
| * [The C example code from RFC 3492](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492#appendix-C) | |
| * [`punycode.c` by _Markus W. Scherer_ (IBM)](http://opensource.apple.com/source/ICU/ICU-400.42/icuSources/common/punycode.c) | |
| * [`punycode.c` by _Ben Noordhuis_](https://github.com/bnoordhuis/punycode/blob/master/punycode.c) | |
| * [JavaScript implementation by _some_](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/183485/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-free-javascript-for-punycode-to-unicode-conversion/301287#301287) | |
| * [`punycode.js` by _Ben Noordhuis_](https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/426298c8c1c0d5b5224ac3658c41e7c2a3fe9377/lib/punycode.js) (note: [not fully compliant](https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/2072)) | |
| This project was [bundled](https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/lib/punycode.js) with Node.js from [v0.6.2+](https://github.com/joyent/node/compare/975f1930b1...61e796decc) until [v7](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7941) (soft-deprecated). | |
| This project provides a CommonJS module that uses ES2015+ features and JavaScript module, which work in modern Node.js versions and browsers. For the old Punycode.js version that offers the same functionality in a UMD build with support for older pre-ES2015 runtimes, including Rhino, Ringo, and Narwhal, see [v1.4.1](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/punycode.js/releases/tag/v1.4.1). | |
| ## Installation | |
| Via [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): | |
| ```bash | |
| npm install punycode --save | |
| ``` | |
| In [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/): | |
| > ⚠️ Note that userland modules don't hide core modules. | |
| > For example, `require('punycode')` still imports the deprecated core module even if you executed `npm install punycode`. | |
| > Use `require('punycode/')` to import userland modules rather than core modules. | |
| ```js | |
| const punycode = require('punycode/'); | |
| ``` | |
| ## API | |
| ### `punycode.decode(string)` | |
| Converts a Punycode string of ASCII symbols to a string of Unicode symbols. | |
| ```js | |
| // decode domain name parts | |
| punycode.decode('maana-pta'); // 'mañana' | |
| punycode.decode('--dqo34k'); // '☃-⌘' | |
| ``` | |
| ### `punycode.encode(string)` | |
| Converts a string of Unicode symbols to a Punycode string of ASCII symbols. | |
| ```js | |
| // encode domain name parts | |
| punycode.encode('mañana'); // 'maana-pta' | |
| punycode.encode('☃-⌘'); // '--dqo34k' | |
| ``` | |
| ### `punycode.toUnicode(input)` | |
| Converts a Punycode string representing a domain name or an email address to Unicode. Only the Punycoded parts of the input will be converted, i.e. it doesn’t matter if you call it on a string that has already been converted to Unicode. | |
| ```js | |
| // decode domain names | |
| punycode.toUnicode('xn--maana-pta.com'); | |
| // → 'mañana.com' | |
| punycode.toUnicode('xn----dqo34k.com'); | |
| // → '☃-⌘.com' | |
| // decode email addresses | |
| punycode.toUnicode('джумла@xn--p-8sbkgc5ag7bhce.xn--ba-lmcq'); | |
| // → 'джумла@джpумлатест.bрфa' | |
| ``` | |
| ### `punycode.toASCII(input)` | |
| Converts a lowercased Unicode string representing a domain name or an email address to Punycode. Only the non-ASCII parts of the input will be converted, i.e. it doesn’t matter if you call it with a domain that’s already in ASCII. | |
| ```js | |
| // encode domain names | |
| punycode.toASCII('mañana.com'); | |
| // → 'xn--maana-pta.com' | |
| punycode.toASCII('☃-⌘.com'); | |
| // → 'xn----dqo34k.com' | |
| // encode email addresses | |
| punycode.toASCII('джумла@джpумлатест.bрфa'); | |
| // → 'джумла@xn--p-8sbkgc5ag7bhce.xn--ba-lmcq' | |
| ``` | |
| ### `punycode.ucs2` | |
| #### `punycode.ucs2.decode(string)` | |
| Creates an array containing the numeric code point values of each Unicode symbol in the string. While [JavaScript uses UCS-2 internally](https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding), this function will convert a pair of surrogate halves (each of which UCS-2 exposes as separate characters) into a single code point, matching UTF-16. | |
| ```js | |
| punycode.ucs2.decode('abc'); | |
| // → [0x61, 0x62, 0x63] | |
| // surrogate pair for U+1D306 TETRAGRAM FOR CENTRE: | |
| punycode.ucs2.decode('\uD834\uDF06'); | |
| // → [0x1D306] | |
| ``` | |
| #### `punycode.ucs2.encode(codePoints)` | |
| Creates a string based on an array of numeric code point values. | |
| ```js | |
| punycode.ucs2.encode([0x61, 0x62, 0x63]); | |
| // → 'abc' | |
| punycode.ucs2.encode([0x1D306]); | |
| // → '\uD834\uDF06' | |
| ``` | |
| ### `punycode.version` | |
| A string representing the current Punycode.js version number. | |
| ## For maintainers | |
| ### How to publish a new release | |
| 1. On the `main` branch, bump the version number in `package.json`: | |
| ```sh | |
| npm version patch -m 'Release v%s' | |
| ``` | |
| Instead of `patch`, use `minor` or `major` [as needed](https://semver.org/). | |
| Note that this produces a Git commit + tag. | |
| 1. Push the release commit and tag: | |
| ```sh | |
| git push && git push --tags | |
| ``` | |
| Our CI then automatically publishes the new release to npm, under both the [`punycode`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/punycode) and [`punycode.js`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/punycode.js) names. | |
| ## Author | |
| | [](https://twitter.com/mathias "Follow @mathias on Twitter") | | |
| |---| | |
| | [Mathias Bynens](https://mathiasbynens.be/) | | |
| ## License | |
| Punycode.js is available under the [MIT](https://mths.be/mit) license. | |