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JavaScript To Convert Bytes To MB, KB, Etc
// from http://scratch99.com/web-development/javascript/convert-bytes-to-mb-kb/
function bytesToSize(bytes) {
var sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB'];
if (bytes == 0) return 'n/a';
var i = parseInt(Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)));
if (i == 0) return bytes + ' ' + sizes[i];
return (bytes / Math.pow(1024, i)).toFixed(1) + ' ' + sizes[i];
};
@ahmnouira
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TypeScript version:

export function bytesToSize(bytes: number): string {
  const sizes: string[] = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB']
  if (bytes === 0) return 'n/a'
  const i: number = parseInt(Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)).toString())
  if (i === 0) return `${bytes} ${sizes[i]}`
  return `${(bytes / Math.pow(1024, i)).toFixed(1)} ${sizes[i]}`
}

@trankov
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trankov commented Jul 14, 2021

Strength and power of open source community. I'm shocked and impressed. Thanks to all, guys.

@denik1981
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denik1981 commented Aug 27, 2021

function bytesToSize(bytes) {
  const units = ["byte", "kilobyte", "megabyte", "terabyte", "petabyte"];
  const unit = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024));
  return new Intl.NumberFormat("en", {style: "unit", unit: units[unit]}).format(bytes / 1024 ** unit);
}

@rmorlok
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rmorlok commented Jul 8, 2022

To expand on the typescript version, I don't think the parseInt(...) is required. Also, in the unlikely case that you exceed 999.9 TB, you end up in xxx.x undefined territory.

Here is a fixed Typescript version:

export function bytesToSize(bytes: number): string {
  const sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB'];
  if (bytes === 0) return 'n/a';
  const i = Math.min(Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)), sizes.length - 1);
  if (i === 0) return `${bytes} ${sizes[i]}`;
  return `${(bytes / (1024 ** i)).toFixed(1)} ${sizes[i]}`;
}

With Jest spec:

describe('bytesToSize', () => {
  test.each([
    [0, 'n/a'],
    [1, '1 Bytes'],
    [2000, '2.0 KB'],
    [30000, '29.3 KB'],
    [400000, '390.6 KB'],
    [5000000, '4.8 MB'],
    [60000000, '57.2 MB'],
    [700000000, '667.6 MB'],
    [8000000000, '7.5 GB'],
    [90000000000, '83.8 GB'],
    [100000000000, '93.1 GB'],
    [1100000000000, '1.0 TB'],
    [12000000000000, '10.9 TB'],
    [130000000000000, '118.2 TB'],
    [1400000000000000, '1273.3 TB'],
    [15000000000000000, '13642.4 TB'],
  ])('.bytesToSize(%p)', (
    val: number,
    expected: string,
  ) => {
    expect(
      bytesToSize(val),
    ).toBe(expected);
  });
});

@Dymerz
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Dymerz commented Nov 23, 2022

Using the Intl.NumberFormat for local friendly conversions

export function bytesToSize(bytes: number): string {
  const units = ['byte', 'kilobyte', 'megabyte', 'gigabyte', 'terabyte'];

  const navigatorLocal = navigator.languages && navigator.languages.length >= 0 ? navigator.languages[0] : 'en-US'
  const unitIndex      = Math.max(0, Math.min(Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)), units.length - 1));

  return Intl.NumberFormat(navigatorLocal, {
    style: 'unit',
    unit : units[unitIndex]
  }).format(bytes / (1024 ** unitIndex))
}

@HaukeHa
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HaukeHa commented Sep 28, 2023

The sizes should be named Mebibyte (MiB), Gibibyte (GiB) etc if you use 1024 for the calculation.

Or if you want to calculate Megabyte, Gigabyte etc. replace the '1024' in the code by '1000'.

@gynekolog
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gynekolog commented Nov 9, 2023

@HaukeHa Thank you for noticing 👍 

I use the following code:

export function convertBytes(bytes: number, options: { useBinaryUnits?: boolean; decimals?: number } = {}): string {
  const { useBinaryUnits = false, decimals = 2 } = options;

  if (decimals < 0) {
    throw new Error(`Invalid decimals ${decimals}`);
  }

  const base = useBinaryUnits ? 1024 : 1000;
  const units = useBinaryUnits
    ? ["Bytes", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB"]
    : ["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"];

  const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(base));

  return `${(bytes / Math.pow(base, i)).toFixed(decimals)} ${units[i]}`;
}

and basic tests:

import { describe, expect } from "vitest";
import { convertBytes } from "./bytes";

describe("convertBytes", () => {
  const fileSizeInBytes = 2048;

  describe("default conversion", () => {
    it("should convert to KB", () => {
      const resultKB = convertBytes(fileSizeInBytes);
      expect(resultKB).toBe("2.05 KB");
    });

    it("should convert to MB", () => {
      const resultMB = convertBytes(fileSizeInBytes * 1000);
      expect(resultMB).toBe("2.05 MB");
    });

    it("should throw an error for invalid decimals", () => {
      expect(() => convertBytes(fileSizeInBytes, { decimals: -1 })).toThrowError("Invalid decimals -1");
    });
  });

  describe("conversion to binary units", () => {
    it("should convert to KiB", () => {
      const resultKiB = convertBytes(fileSizeInBytes, { useBinaryUnits: true });
      expect(resultKiB).toBe("2.00 KiB");
    });

    it("should convert to MiB", () => {
      const resultMiB = convertBytes(fileSizeInBytes * 1024, { useBinaryUnits: true });
      expect(resultMiB).toBe("2.00 MiB");
    });
  });

  it("should handle very large bytes (Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)", () => {
    const result = convertBytes(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
    expect(result).toBe("9.01 PB");
  });
});

@artembelik
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  const units = ["byte", "kilobyte", "megabyte", "terabyte", "petabyte"];

you lost "gigabyte"

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