packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/readAsBinaryString.js

//Can't find original post, but this is close
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6965107/ (continues on next line)
//converting-between-strings-and-arraybuffers
function arrayBufferToBinaryString(buffer) {
  var binary = '';
  var bytes = new Uint8Array(buffer);
  var length = bytes.byteLength;
  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    binary += String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]);
  }
  return binary;
}

// shim for browsers that don't support it
function readAsBinaryString(blob, callback) {
  var reader = new FileReader();
  var hasBinaryString = typeof reader.readAsBinaryString === 'function';
  reader.onloadend = function (e) {
    var result = e.target.result || '';
    if (hasBinaryString) {
      return callback(result);
    }
    callback(arrayBufferToBinaryString(result));
  };
  if (hasBinaryString) {
    reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
  } else {
    reader.readAsArrayBuffer(blob);
  }
}

export default readAsBinaryString;