Correct way to convert size in bytes to KB, MB, GB in JavaScript

Question

I got this code to covert size in bytes via PHP.

Now I want to convert those sizes to human readable sizes using JavaScript. I tried to convert this code to JavaScript, which looks like this:

function formatSizeUnits(bytes){
  if      (bytes >= 1073741824) { bytes = (bytes / 1073741824).toFixed(2) + " GB"; }
  else if (bytes >= 1048576)    { bytes = (bytes / 1048576).toFixed(2) + " MB"; }
  else if (bytes >= 1024)       { bytes = (bytes / 1024).toFixed(2) + " KB"; }
  else if (bytes > 1)           { bytes = bytes + " bytes"; }
  else if (bytes == 1)          { bytes = bytes + " byte"; }
  else                          { bytes = "0 bytes"; }
  return bytes;
}

Is this the correct way of doing this? Is there an easier way?

Answer 1

From this: (source)

function bytesToSize(bytes) {
   var sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB'];
   if (bytes == 0) return '0 Byte';
   var i = parseInt(Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024)));
   return Math.round(bytes / Math.pow(1024, i), 2) + ' ' + sizes[i];
}

Note: This is original code, Please use fixed version below.

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Fixed version, unminified and ES6'ed: (by community)

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals = 2) {
    if (bytes === 0) return '0 Bytes';

    const k = 1024;
    const dm = decimals < 0 ? 0 : decimals;
    const sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];

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

    return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(dm)) + ' ' + sizes[i];
}

Fixed Version (by StackOverflow's community, minified by JSCompress)

function formatBytes(a,b=2,k=1024){with(Math){let d=floor(log(a)/log(k));return 0==a?"0 Bytes":parseFloat((a/pow(k,d)).toFixed(max(0,b)))+" "+["Bytes","KB","MB","GB","TB","PB","EB","ZB","YB"][d]}}

Usage :

// formatBytes(bytes,decimals)

formatBytes(1024);       // 1 KB
formatBytes('1024');     // 1 KB
formatBytes(1234);       // 1.21 KB
formatBytes(1234, 3);    // 1.205 KB

Demo / source :

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals = 2) {
    if (bytes === 0) return '0 Bytes';

    const k = 1024;
    const dm = decimals < 0 ? 0 : decimals;
    const sizes = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];

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

    return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(dm)) + ' ' + sizes[i];
}

// ** Demo code **
var p = document.querySelector('p'),
    input = document.querySelector('input');
    
function setText(v){
    p.innerHTML = formatBytes(v);
}
// bind 'input' event
input.addEventListener('input', function(){ 
    setText( this.value )
})
// set initial text
setText(input.value);

<input type="text" value="1000">
<p></p>

PS : Change k = 1000 or sizes = ["..."] as you want (bits or bytes)

Answer 2

function formatBytes(bytes) {
    var marker = 1024; // Change to 1000 if required
    var decimal = 3; // Change as required
    var kiloBytes = marker; // One Kilobyte is 1024 bytes
    var megaBytes = marker * marker; // One MB is 1024 KB
    var gigaBytes = marker * marker * marker; // One GB is 1024 MB
    var teraBytes = marker * marker * marker * marker; // One TB is 1024 GB

    // return bytes if less than a KB
    if(bytes < kiloBytes) return bytes + " Bytes";
    // return KB if less than a MB
    else if(bytes < megaBytes) return(bytes / kiloBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " KB";
    // return MB if less than a GB
    else if(bytes < gigaBytes) return(bytes / megaBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " MB";
    // return GB if less than a TB
    else return(bytes / gigaBytes).toFixed(decimal) + " GB";
}

Answer 3

This solution includes a decimal point and a tenths-place digit if presenting less than ten of KB or greater units

const units = ['bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];
   
function niceBytes(x){

  let l = 0, n = parseInt(x, 10) || 0;

  while(n >= 1024 && ++l){
      n = n/1024;
  }
  
  return(n.toFixed(n < 10 && l > 0 ? 1 : 0) + ' ' + units[l]);
}

Results:

niceBytes(435)                 // 435 bytes
niceBytes(3398)                // 3.3 KB
niceBytes(490398)              // 479 KB
niceBytes(6544528)             // 6.2 MB
niceBytes(23483023)            // 22 MB
niceBytes(3984578493)          // 3.7 GB
niceBytes(30498505889)         // 28 GB
niceBytes(9485039485039445)    // 8.4 PB

Answer 4

Here's a one liner:

val => ['Bytes','Kb','Mb','Gb','Tb'][Math.floor(Math.log2(val)/10)]

Or even:

val => 'BKMGT'[~~(Math.log2(val)/10)]

Answer 5

You can use the filesizejs library.

Answer 6

There are 2 real ways to represent sizes when related to bytes, they are SI units (10^3) or IEC units (2^10). There is also JEDEC but their method is ambiguous and confusing. I noticed the other examples have errors such as using KB instead of kB to represent a kilobyte so I decided to write a function that will solve each of these cases using the range of currently accepted units of measure.

There is a formatting bit at the end that will make the number look a bit better (at least to my eye) feel free to remove that formatting if it doesn't suit your purpose.

Enjoy.

// pBytes: the size in bytes to be converted.
// pUnits: 'si'|'iec' si units means the order of magnitude is 10^3, iec uses 2^10

function prettyNumber(pBytes, pUnits) {
    // Handle some special cases
    if(pBytes == 0) return '0 Bytes';
    if(pBytes == 1) return '1 Byte';
    if(pBytes == -1) return '-1 Byte';

    var bytes = Math.abs(pBytes)
    if(pUnits && pUnits.toLowerCase() && pUnits.toLowerCase() == 'si') {
        // SI units use the Metric representation based on 10^3 as a order of magnitude
        var orderOfMagnitude = Math.pow(10, 3);
        var abbreviations = ['Bytes', 'kB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];
    } else {
        // IEC units use 2^10 as an order of magnitude
        var orderOfMagnitude = Math.pow(2, 10);
        var abbreviations = ['Bytes', 'KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB', 'EiB', 'ZiB', 'YiB'];
    }
    var i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(orderOfMagnitude));
    var result = (bytes / Math.pow(orderOfMagnitude, i));

    // This will get the sign right
    if(pBytes < 0) {
        result *= -1;
    }

    // This bit here is purely for show. it drops the percision on numbers greater than 100 before the units.
    // it also always shows the full number of bytes if bytes is the unit.
    if(result >= 99.995 || i==0) {
        return result.toFixed(0) + ' ' + abbreviations[i];
    } else {
        return result.toFixed(2) + ' ' + abbreviations[i];
    }
}

Answer 7

According to Aliceljm's answer, I removed 0 after decimal:

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals) {
    if(bytes== 0)
    {
        return "0 Byte";
    }
    var k = 1024; //Or 1 kilo = 1000
    var sizes = ["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB"];
    var i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(k));
    return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(decimals)) + " " + sizes[i];
}

Answer 8

function bytesToSize(bytes) {
  var sizes = ['B', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P'];
  for (var i = 0; i < sizes.length; i++) {
    if (bytes <= 1024) {
      return bytes + ' ' + sizes[i];
    } else {
      bytes = parseFloat(bytes / 1024).toFixed(2)
    }
  }
  return bytes + ' P';
}

console.log(bytesToSize(234));
console.log(bytesToSize(2043));
console.log(bytesToSize(20433242));
console.log(bytesToSize(2043324243));
console.log(bytesToSize(2043324268233));
console.log(bytesToSize(2043324268233343));

Answer 9

Using bitwise operation would be a better solution. Try this

function formatSizeUnits(bytes)
{
    if ( ( bytes >> 30 ) & 0x3FF )
        bytes = ( bytes >>> 30 ) + '.' + ( bytes & (3*0x3FF )) + 'GB' ;
    else if ( ( bytes >> 20 ) & 0x3FF )
        bytes = ( bytes >>> 20 ) + '.' + ( bytes & (2*0x3FF ) ) + 'MB' ;
    else if ( ( bytes >> 10 ) & 0x3FF )
        bytes = ( bytes >>> 10 ) + '.' + ( bytes & (0x3FF ) ) + 'KB' ;
    else if ( ( bytes >> 1 ) & 0x3FF )
        bytes = ( bytes >>> 1 ) + 'Bytes' ;
    else
        bytes = bytes + 'Byte' ;
    return bytes ;
}

Answer 10

This solution builds upon previous solutions, but takes into account both metric and binary units:

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals, binaryUnits) {
    if(bytes == 0) {
        return '0 Bytes';
    }
    var unitMultiple = (binaryUnits) ? 1024 : 1000; 
    var unitNames = (unitMultiple === 1024) ? // 1000 bytes in 1 Kilobyte (KB) or 1024 bytes for the binary version (KiB)
        ['Bytes', 'KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB', 'EiB', 'ZiB', 'YiB']: 
        ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];
    var unitChanges = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(unitMultiple));
    return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(unitMultiple, unitChanges)).toFixed(decimals || 0)) + ' ' + unitNames[unitChanges];
}

Examples:

formatBytes(293489203947847, 1);    // 293.5 TB
formatBytes(1234, 0);   // 1 KB
formatBytes(4534634523453678343456, 2); // 4.53 ZB
formatBytes(4534634523453678343456, 2, true));  // 3.84 ZiB
formatBytes(4566744, 1);    // 4.6 MB
formatBytes(534, 0);    // 534 Bytes
formatBytes(273403407, 0);  // 273 MB

Answer 11

I originally used @Aliceljm's answer for a file upload project I was working on, but recently ran into an issue where a file was 0.98kb but being read as 1.02mb. Here's the updated code I'm now using.

function formatBytes(bytes){
  var kb = 1024;
  var ndx = Math.floor( Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(kb) );
  var fileSizeTypes = ["bytes", "kb", "mb", "gb", "tb", "pb", "eb", "zb", "yb"];

  return {
    size: +(bytes / kb / kb).toFixed(2),
    type: fileSizeTypes[ndx]
  };
}

The above would then be called after a file was added like so

// In this case `file.size` equals `26060275` 
formatBytes(file.size);
// returns `{ size: 24.85, type: "mb" }`

Granted, Windows reads the file as being 24.8mb but I'm fine with the extra precision.

Answer 12

I am updating @Aliceljm answer here. Since the decimal place matters for 1,2 digit numbers, I am round off the first decimal place and keep the first decimal place. For 3 digit number, I am round off the units place and ignoring the all decimal places.

getMultiplers : function(bytes){
    var unit = 1000 ;
    if (bytes < unit) return bytes ;
    var exp = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(unit));
    var pre = "kMGTPE".charAt(exp-1);
    var result = bytes / Math.pow(unit, exp);
    if(result/100 < 1)
        return (Math.round( result * 10 ) / 10) +pre;
    else
        return Math.round(result) + pre;
}

Answer 13

var SIZES = ['Bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'];

function formatBytes(bytes, decimals) {
  for(var i = 0, r = bytes, b = 1024; r > b; i++) r /= b;
  return `${parseFloat(r.toFixed(decimals))} ${SIZES[i]}`;
}

Answer 14

I just wanted to share my input. I had this problem so my solution is this. This will convert lower units to higher units and vice versa just supply the argument toUnit and fromUnit

export function fileSizeConverter(size: number, fromUnit: string, toUnit: string ): number | string {
  const units: string[] = ['B', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB'];
  const from = units.indexOf(fromUnit.toUpperCase());
  const to = units.indexOf(toUnit.toUpperCase());
  const BASE_SIZE = 1024;
  let result: number | string = 0;

  if (from < 0 || to < 0 ) { return result = 'Error: Incorrect units'; }

  result = from < to ? size / (BASE_SIZE ** to) : size * (BASE_SIZE ** from);

  return result.toFixed(2);
}

I got the idea from here

Answer 15

This is how a byte should be shown to a human:

function bytesToHuman(bytes, decimals = 2) {
  // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(data)
  const units = ["bytes", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB"]; // etc

  let i = 0;
  let h = 0;

  let c = 1 / 1023; // change it to 1024 and see the diff

  for (; h < c && i < units.length; i++) {
    if ((h = Math.pow(1024, i) / bytes) >= c) {
      break;
    }
  }

  // remove toFixed and let `locale` controls formatting
  return (1 / h).toFixed(decimals).toLocaleString() + " " + units[i];
}

// test
for (let i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
  let val = i * Math.pow(10, i);
  console.log(val.toLocaleString() + " bytes is the same as " + bytesToHuman(val));

}

// let's fool around
console.log(bytesToHuman(1023));
console.log(bytesToHuman(1024));
console.log(bytesToHuman(1025));

Answer 16

function bytes2Size(byteVal){
    var units=["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB"];
    var kounter=0;
    var kb= 1024;
    var div=byteVal/1;
    while(div>=kb){
        kounter++;
        div= div/kb;
    }
    return div.toFixed(1) + " " + units[kounter];
}

Answer 17

ONE-LINER

const b2s=t=>{let e=Math.log2(t)/10|0;return(t/1024**(e=e<=0?0:e)).toFixed(3)+"BKMGP"[e]};

console.log(b2s(0));
console.log(b2s(123));
console.log(b2s(123123));
console.log(b2s(123123123));
console.log(b2s(123123123123));
console.log(b2s(123123123123123));

Answer 18

Same answer from @Aliceljm , but in a "more didactic" way. Thanks! =D

function formatBytes(numBytes, decPlaces) {
    /* Adjust the number of bytes informed for the most appropriate metric according
    to its value.

    Args:
        numBytes (number): The number of bytes (integer);
        decPlaces (Optional[number])): The number of decimal places (integer). If
            it is "undefined" the value "2" will be adopted.

    Returns:
        string: The number adjusted together with the most appropriate metric. */

    if (numBytes === 0) {
        return "0 Bytes";
    }

    // NOTE: 1 KB is equal to 1024 Bytes. By Questor
    // [Ref(s).: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte ]
    var oneKByte = 1024;

    // NOTE: Treats if the "decPlaces" is "undefined". If it is "undefined" the value
    // "2" will be adopted. By Questor
    if (decPlaces === undefined || decPlaces === "") {
        decPlaces = 2;
    }

    var byteMtrcs = ["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"];
    // Byte Metrics

    // NOTE: Defines the factor for the number of bytes and the metric. By Questor
    var mtrcNumbFactor = Math.floor(Math.log(numBytes) / Math.log(oneKByte));
    // Metrics Number Factor

    return parseFloat((numBytes / Math.pow(oneKByte, mtrcNumbFactor)).
            toFixed(decPlaces)) + " " + byteMtrcs[mtrcNumbFactor];
}

Answer 19

I use Recursive and assign level variable for proper Unit.

function getReadableByte(count, decimal=0, level=0) {
    let unitList = ["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PT"];

    if (count >= 1024.0 && (level+1 < unitList.length)) {
        return getReadableByte(count/1024, decimal, ++level)
    }
    return `${decimal ? (count).toFixed(decimal) : Math.round(count)}${unitList[level]}`
}

console.log(getReadableByte(120, 2))

Answer 20

This works for me.

bytesForHuman(bytes) {
    let units = ['B', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB']

    let i = 0
    
    for (i; bytes > 1024; i++) {
        bytes /= 1024;
    }

    return bytes.toFixed(1) + ' ' + units[i]
}

Answer 21

Try this simple workaround.

var files = $("#file").get(0).files;               
                var size = files[0].size;
                if (size >= 5000000) {
alert("File size is greater than or equal to 5 MB");
}