Base64 encoding and decoding for both browser and node, with binary file support.
npm install base64-transcodeBase64 encoding and decoding for both browser and node, with binary file support.







- Why this package?
- Compatibility
- Installation
- Usage
- CommonJS
- ES Modules
- IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression)
- API documentation
- Guidelines
- License
If you've ever done base64 coding on the frontend side, I think you've noticed that atob and btoa methods are a
problem with utf-8 strings. This package solves the problem, plus, on the backend side, you can use the same package
and syntax with binary files as well.
This package supports CommonJS, ES Modules, and IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression) formats. You can
safely use both require and import statements in any environment. TypeScript also supported.
To get started with base64-transcode, you can install it using yarn or npm or load script in the browser:
``bash`
yarn add base64-transcode
`bash`
npm i base64-transcode
`html`
`javascript
const Base64 = require('base64-transcode');
// Decoding
const decodedData = Base64.decode('SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh');
console.log(decodedData); // "Hello World!"
// Encoding
const encodedData = Base64.encode('Hello World!');
console.log(encodedData); // "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh"
`
`javascript
import Base64 from 'base64-transcode';
// Decoding
const decodedData = Base64.decode('SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh');
console.log(decodedData); // "Hello World!"
// Encoding
const encodedData = Base64.encode('Hello World!');
console.log(encodedData); // "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh"
`
`html`
- decode(base64: string, toBuffer?: boolean): string | Uint8Array | Buffer
Decodes the base64 code. If the toBuffer option is true, it returns a Uint8Array in browser and Buffer in
node.js, otherwise a string.
- encode(input: string | Uint8Array | Buffer): string`
Encodes the given string into base64 code.
To learn about the guidelines, please read the Code of Conduct,
Contributing and Security Policy documents.
MIT License @ 2023 Zsolt Tövis
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