2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/helpers/bufferToUTF8String.ts b/packages/browser/src/helpers/bufferToUTF8String.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b97c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browser/src/helpers/bufferToUTF8String.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * A helper method to convert an arbitrary ArrayBuffer, returned from an authenticator, to a UTF-8
+ * string.
+ */
+export default function bufferToUTF8String(value: ArrayBuffer): string {
+  return new TextDecoder('utf-8').decode(value);
+}
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/helpers/toUint8Array.ts b/packages/browser/src/helpers/utf8StringToBuffer.ts
index 1e2243f..32cb717 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/helpers/toUint8Array.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/helpers/utf8StringToBuffer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
- * A helper method to convert an arbitrary string sent from the server to a Uint8Array the
+ * A helper method to convert an arbitrary string sent from the server to an ArrayBuffer the
  * authenticator will expect.
  */
-export default function toUint8Array(value: string): Uint8Array {
+export default function utf8StringToBuffer(value: string): ArrayBuffer {
   return new TextEncoder().encode(value);
 }