# Convert a Buffer to a Uint8Array (/docs/guides/binary/buffer-to-typedarray)

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Related: [Convert an ArrayBuffer to a string](/docs/guides/binary/arraybuffer-to-string.md), [Convert an ArrayBuffer to a Buffer](/docs/guides/binary/arraybuffer-to-buffer.md), [Convert an ArrayBuffer to a Blob](/docs/guides/binary/arraybuffer-to-blob.md), [Convert an ArrayBuffer to an array of numbers](/docs/guides/binary/arraybuffer-to-array.md), [Convert an ArrayBuffer to a Uint8Array](/docs/guides/binary/arraybuffer-to-typedarray.md), [Convert a Buffer to a string](/docs/guides/binary/buffer-to-string.md)

The Node.js [`Buffer`](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html) class extends [`Uint8Array`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array), so no conversion is needed. All properties and methods on `Uint8Array` are available on `Buffer`.

```ts
const buf = Buffer.alloc(64);
buf instanceof Uint8Array; // => true
```

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See [Binary Data](/runtime/binary-data#conversion).