JavaScript does not have a binary data type. However, in server-side scenarios, binary data needs to be often processed. That is why we need some working byte or binary array or string class.

Proposals

1. ServerJS/Binary/A Proposal A from Ondras
2. ServerJS/Binary/B Proposal B from Kris Kowal
3. ServerJS/Binary/C Proposal C from Daniel Friesen

Prior Art

• Adobe AIR's ByteArray
• Mozilla's nsIBinaryInputStream
• Mozilla's nsIBinaryOutputStream
• EJScript ByteArray
• Google Gears Blob
• JSlibs Blob
• Flusspferd Blob repository link (since it has been removed, the docs might go away at some point)

Relevant Discussions

• First Proposal
• Comments on Binary object
• Binary API Brouhaha
• ByteArray and ByteString proposal regarding proposal B

Encodings are a related topic.