// a safe fast alternative to decodeURIComponent QueryString.unescapeBuffer = function(s, decodeSpaces) { var out = new Buffer(s.length); var state = 'CHAR'; // states: CHAR, HEX0, HEX1 var n, m, hexchar; for (var inIndex = 0, outIndex = 0; inIndex <= s.length; inIndex++) { var c = s.charCodeAt(inIndex); switch (state) { case 'CHAR': switch (c) { case charCode('%'): n = 0; m = 0; state = 'HEX0'; break; case charCode('+'): if (decodeSpaces) c = charCode(' '); // pass thru default: out[outIndex++] = c; break; } break; case 'HEX0': state = 'HEX1'; hexchar = c; if (charCode('0') <= c && c <= charCode('9')) { n = c - charCode('0'); } else if (charCode('a') <= c && c <= charCode('f')) { n = c - charCode('a') + 10; } else if (charCode('A') <= c && c <= charCode('F')) { n = c - charCode('A') + 10; } else { out[outIndex++] = charCode('%'); out[outIndex++] = c; state = 'CHAR'; break; } break; case 'HEX1': state = 'CHAR'; if (charCode('0') <= c && c <= charCode('9')) { m = c - charCode('0'); } else if (charCode('a') <= c && c <= charCode('f')) { m = c - charCode('a') + 10; } else if (charCode('A') <= c && c <= charCode('F')) { m = c - charCode('A') + 10; } else { out[outIndex++] = charCode('%'); out[outIndex++] = hexchar; out[outIndex++] = c; break; } out[outIndex++] = 16 * n + m; break; } } // TODO support returning arbitrary buffers. return out.slice(0, outIndex - 1); };