Erlang::ETF

Erlang External Term Format (ETF) for Ruby.

Note: Please see the erlang-terms gem for more information about the Erlang-to-Ruby type mappings (for example, Erlang::Pid).

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'erlang-etf', require: 'erlang/etf'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install erlang-etf

Usage

Erlang.term_to_binary(term)

Erlang.term_to_binary(:atom)
# => "\x83s\x04atom"

Compression is optional and valid arguments are false, true, and integers 0-9.

Erlang.term_to_binary([1] * 100, compressed: true)
# => "\x83P\x00\x00\x00\xCEx\x9C\xCBa``HId\x1C\x1E0\v\x00\xE85'\x83"

Erlang.binary_to_term(binary)

Erlang.binary_to_term("\x83s\x04atom")
# => :atom

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request