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philiprehberger-humanize-bytes

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Convert byte counts to human-readable strings and back, with formatting options.

Installation

pip install philiprehberger-humanize-bytes

Usage

from philiprehberger_humanize_bytes import (
    compact,
    format_bytes,
    format_throughput,
    parse_bytes,
)

Formatting bytes

format_bytes(1536)          # "1.5 KiB"
format_bytes(1048576)       # "1 MiB"
format_bytes(0)             # "0 B"
format_bytes(-1536)         # "-1.5 KiB"

SI units (base 1000)

format_bytes(1500, si=True)           # "1.5 KB"
format_bytes(1000000, si=True)        # "1 MB"
format_bytes(2500000000, si=True)     # "2.5 GB"

Custom precision

format_bytes(123456789, precision=2)  # "117.74 MiB"
format_bytes(123456789, precision=0)  # "118 MiB"

Parsing byte strings

parse_bytes("1.5 GB")    # 1500000000
parse_bytes("1.5 GiB")   # 1610612736
parse_bytes("500 KB")     # 500000
parse_bytes("10M")        # 10000000
parse_bytes("1024")       # 1024

Compact formatting

compact(500)                 # "500B"
compact(1500)                # "1.5K"
compact(10_000_000)          # "10M"
compact(1024, binary=True)   # "1K"
compact(1500, binary=True)   # "1.5K"

Throughput

format_throughput(1_000_000)              # "1 MB/s"
format_throughput(2_500_000)              # "2.5 MB/s"
format_throughput(1_048_576, binary=True) # "1 MiB/s"
format_throughput(0)                      # "0 B/s"

API

Function Description
format_bytes(n, *, si=False, precision=1) Format byte count to human-readable string. Binary (KiB/MiB/GiB) by default, SI (KB/MB/GB) with si=True.
parse_bytes(s) Parse a human-readable byte string to an integer. Supports binary, SI, and shorthand units. Case-insensitive.
compact(n, *, binary=False) Render n bytes as a short string like "5K", "10M", "1.2G" (no space, minimal decimals). SI by default; pass binary=True for base 1024. Raises ValueError on negative input.
format_throughput(bytes_per_sec, *, binary=False) Render a transfer rate string like "5 MB/s". SI by default; pass binary=True for KiB/MiB/GiB units.

Development

pip install -e .
python -m pytest tests/ -v

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License

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