Converting string input data to Buffer.

README.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 dagPB.DAGNode.create  // create a DAGNode
 dagPB.DAGNode.clone   // clone a DAGNode
 dagPB.DAGNode.addLink // add a Link to a DAGNode, creating a new one
-dagPB.DAGNode.rmLinkq // remove a Link to a DAGNode, creating a new one
+dagPB.DAGNode.rmLink  // remove a Link to a DAGNode, creating a new one
 dagPB.DAGLink.create  // create a DAGLink
 
 // IPLD Format specifics
@@ -84,11 +84,15 @@ dagPB.util
 #### Create a DAGNode
 
 ```JavaScript
-DAGNode.create(new Buffer('some data'), (err, node) => {
+DAGNode.create(new Buffer('some data'), (err, node1) => {
   if (err) {
     throw error
   }
-  // node is your DAGNode instance
+  // node1 is your DAGNode instance.
+})
+
+DAGNode.create('string data', (err, node2) => {
+  // node2 will have the same data as node1.
 })
 ```
 

src/dag-node/create.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ function create (data, dagLinks, hashAlg, callback) {
   if (typeof data === 'function') {
     callback = data
     data = undefined
+  } else if (typeof data === 'string') {
+    data = new Buffer(data)
   }
   if (typeof dagLinks === 'function') {
     callback = dagLinks

test/dag-node-test.js

@@ -34,6 +34,29 @@ module.exports = (repo) => {
         expect(node.data.length).to.be.above(0).mark()
         expect(Buffer.isBuffer(node.data)).to.be.true.mark()
         expect(node.size).to.be.above(0).mark()
+        expect(node.toJSON().multihash).to.be.equal('Qmd7xRhW5f29QuBFtqu3oSD27iVy35NRB91XFjmKFhtgMr')
+
+        dagPB.util.serialize(node, (err, serialized) => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist.mark()
+
+          dagPB.util.deserialize(serialized, (err, deserialized) => {
+            expect(err).to.not.exist.mark()
+            expect(node.data).to.eql(deserialized.data).mark()
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('create a node with string data', (done) => {
+      expect(7).checks(done)
+      const data = 'some data'
+
+      DAGNode.create(data, (err, node) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist.mark()
+        expect(node.data.length).to.be.above(0).mark()
+        expect(Buffer.isBuffer(node.data)).to.be.true.mark()
+        expect(node.size).to.be.above(0).mark()
+        expect(node.toJSON().multihash).to.be.equal('Qmd7xRhW5f29QuBFtqu3oSD27iVy35NRB91XFjmKFhtgMr')
 
         dagPB.util.serialize(node, (err, serialized) => {
           expect(err).to.not.exist.mark()