npm install urlsafe-base64URL Safe Base64 util module for Node.js applications
With npm do:
``
npm install urlsafe-base64
Require it within your module:
` javascript`
var URLSafeBase64 = require('urlsafe-base64');
Encodes a buffer as a URL Safe Base64 string. This function encodes to
the RFC 4648 Spec where '+' is encoded as '-' and '/' is encoded as '_'.
The padding character '=' is removed.
` javascript`
var randomURLSafeBase64;
crypto.randomBytes(32, function(err, buf) {
if (err) {
throw err;
return;
};
randomURLSafeBase64 = URLSafeBase64.encode(buf);
});
Decodes a URL Safe Base64 string as a buffer.
` javascript`
var someURLSafeBase64 = '';
URLSafeBase64.decode(someURLSafeBase64); // returns a buffer
Validates a string if it is URL Safe Base64 encoded.
` javascript
var validURLSafeBase64 = '';
URLSafeBase64.validate(validURLSafeBase64); // returns true
var invalidURLSafeBase64 = '/+=='
URLSafeBase64.validate(invalidURLSafeBase64); // returns false
``
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