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<h1>Is Text or Binary?</h1>

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Determines if a buffer is comprised of text or binary

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<h2>Install</h2>

<a href="https://npmjs.com" title="npm is a package manager for javascript"><h3>NPM</h3></a><ul>
<li>Install: <code>npm install --save istextorbinary</code></li>
<li>Module: <code>require('istextorbinary')</code></li></ul>

<a href="http://browserify.org" title="Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies"><h3>Browserify</h3></a><ul>
<li>Install: <code>npm install --save istextorbinary</code></li>
<li>Module: <code>require('istextorbinary')</code></li>
<li>CDN URL: <code>//wzrd.in/bundle/istextorbinary@2.1.0</code></li></ul>

<a href="http://enderjs.com" title="Ender is a full featured package manager for your browser"><h3>Ender</h3></a><ul>
<li>Install: <code>ender add istextorbinary</code></li>
<li>Module: <code>require('istextorbinary')</code></li></ul>

<h3><a href="https://github.com/bevry/editions" title="Editions are the best way to produce and consume packages you care about.">Editions</a></h3>

<p>This package is published with the following editions:</p>

<ul><li><code>istextorbinary</code> aliases <code>istextorbinary/index.js</code> which uses <a href="https://github.com/bevry/editions" title="Editions are the best way to produce and consume packages you care about.">Editions</a> to automatically select the correct edition for the consumers environment</li>
<li><code>istextorbinary/source/index.js</code> is Source + <a href="https://babeljs.io/docs/learn-es2015/" title="ECMAScript Next">ESNext</a> + <a href="https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v5.x/docs/api/modules.html" title="Node/CJS Modules">Require</a></li>
<li><code>istextorbinary/es2015/index.js</code> is <a href="https://babeljs.io" title="The compiler for writing next generation JavaScript">Babel</a> Compiled + <a href="http://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/preset-es2015/" title="ECMAScript 2015">ES2015</a> + <a href="https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v5.x/docs/api/modules.html" title="Node/CJS Modules">Require</a></li></ul>

<p>Older environments may need <a href="https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill/" title="A polyfill that emulates missing ECMAScript environment features">Babel's Polyfill</a> or something similar.</p>

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## Usage

``` javascript
// Synchronous API
var result = require('istextorbinary').isTextSync(filename, buffer)

// Asynchronous API
require('istextorbinary').isText(filename, buffer, function(err, result){
  // ...
})

// You can supply text or buffer, or both text and buffer, the more provided, the more accurate the result
```

[API Documentation.](http://rawgit.com/bevry/istextorbinary/master/docs/index.html)


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<h2>History</h2>

<a href="https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/blob/master/HISTORY.md#files">Discover the release history by heading on over to the <code>HISTORY.md</code> file.</a>

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<h2>Contribute</h2>

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<h2>Backers</h2>

<h3>Maintainers</h3>

These amazing people are maintaining this project:

<ul><li><a href="https://balupton.com">Benjamin Lupton</a> — <a href="https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/commits?author=balupton" title="View the GitHub contributions of Benjamin Lupton on repository bevry/istextorbinary">view contributions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/robloach">Rob Loach</a> — <a href="https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/commits?author=robloach" title="View the GitHub contributions of Rob Loach on repository bevry/istextorbinary">view contributions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mikeumus">Michael Mooring</a> — <a href="https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/commits?author=mikeumus" title="View the GitHub contributions of Michael Mooring on repository bevry/istextorbinary">view contributions</a></li></ul>

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<h3>Contributors</h3>

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<li><a href="https://github.com/sibnerian">Ian Sibner</a> — <a href="https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/commits?author=sibnerian" title="View the GitHub contributions of Ian Sibner on repository bevry/istextorbinary">view contributions</a></li></ul>

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<h2>License</h2>

Unless stated otherwise all works are:

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<li>Copyright &copy; 2011 <a href="https://balupton.com">Benjamin Lupton</a></li></ul>

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