@hexagon/base64

@hexagon/base64

Base64 and base64url to string or arraybuffer, and back.

• Support regular base64, and base64url
• Convert to/from string or ArrayBuffers
• Works in Node.js >=4.0 (both require and import).
• Works in Deno >=1.16.
• Works in browsers as standalone, UMD or ES-module.
• Includes TypeScript typings.

Installation

Node.js

npm install @hexagon/base64 --save

JavaScript

// ESM Import ...
import base64 from "@hexagon/base64";

// ... or CommonJS Require
const base64 = require("@hexagon/base64");

TypeScript

Note that only default export is available in Node.js TypeScript, as the commonjs module is used internally.

import base64 from "@hexagon/base64";

// ...

Deno

JavaScript

import base64 from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hexagon/base64@1/src/base64.js";

// ...

TypeScript

import { base64 } from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/hexagon/base64@1/src/base64.js";

// ...

Browser

Manual

• Download latest zipball
• Unpack
• Grab base64.min.js (UMD and standalone) or base64.min.mjs (ES-module) from the dist/ folder

CDN

To use as a UMD-module (stand alone, RequireJS etc.)

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@hexagon/base64@1/dist/base64.min.js"></script>

To use as a ES-module

<script type="module">
	import base64 from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@hexagon/base64@/dist/base64.min.mjs";

	// ... see usage section ...
</script>

Documentation

Full documentation available at hexagon.github.io/base64.

API

The library encodes and decodes base64/base64url to and from ArrayBuffers

• fromArrayBuffer(buffer) - Encodes ArrayBuffer into base64 string

• toArrayBuffer(str) - Decodes base64 string to ArrayBuffer

• fromArrayBuffer(buffer, true) - Encodes ArrayBuffer into base64url string

• toArrayBuffer(str, true) - Decodes base64url string to ArrayBuffer

• fromString(str) - Encodes String into base64 string

• toString(str) - Decodes base64 string to String

• fromString(buffer, true) - Encodes String into base64url string

• toString(str, true) - Decodes base64url string to String

Contributing

See Contribution Guide

License

MIT