From 11d1224ca66bc876ea0deaa65ae1eaa5fc5dff3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Duncan <chris@codecow.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:45:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Create new Bytes conversion helpers.

---
 src/utils/bytes.ts | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/bytes.ts

diff --git a/src/utils/bytes.ts b/src/utils/bytes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a60b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/bytes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//! SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Chris Duncan <chris@codecow.com>
+//! SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+/**
+ * Convert a bigint, number, or hex string to bytes.
+ *
+ * @param {(bigint|number|string)} input
+ * @param {number} [length]
+ * @returns {Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>}
+ */
+export function Bytes (input: unknown, minLength?: number): Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> {
+	if (typeof input === 'number') {
+		input = BigInt(input | 0)
+	}
+	if (typeof input === 'bigint') {
+		input = input.toString(16)
+	}
+	if (typeof input === 'string' && input.length & 1) {
+		input = `0${input}`
+	}
+	if (typeof input !== 'string' || !/^([a-f0-9]{2})+$/i.test(input)) {
+		throw new TypeError('invalid Bytes input', { cause: input })
+	}
+	if (typeof minLength !== 'number' || minLength < 1) {
+		throw new TypeError('invalid minLength', { cause: minLength })
+	}
+	const bytes = input.match(/.{2}/g)?.map(int => parseInt(int, 16)) ?? []
+	const filler = new Array(minLength > bytes.length ? minLength - bytes.length : 0)
+	return new Uint8Array([...filler, ...bytes])
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a byte buffer to a hex string.
+ *
+ * @param {ArrayBuffer} input
+ * @param {number} [length]
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export function BytesToHex (input: unknown, length?: number): string {
+	if (!(input instanceof ArrayBuffer) || input.byteLength < 1) {
+		throw new TypeError('invalid buffer', { cause: input })
+	}
+	if (typeof length !== 'number' || length < 1) {
+		throw new TypeError('invalid length', { cause: length })
+	}
+	const bytes = new Uint8Array(input)
+	return [...bytes].map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('').padStart(length, '0')
+}
+
-- 
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