node-base64

node-base64

• C/C++ library for encode and decode in base 64

Install:

way 1

• go to the directory with node-base64 library

• execute node-waf configure build

• get module from ./build/default/base64.node

You should use var base64 = require("./build/default/base64"); (way to module)

way 2 (works if node are installed in default path)

• go to the directory with node-base64 library

• execute make

• execute sudo make install

You should use var base64 = require("base64"); (from any path)

Functions:

encode(str); // Encode string
decode(str); // Decode string

Usage:

var base64 = require('base64');
var code = base64.encode('text');
var str = base64.decode(code); // text

Speed testing

To run speed test on your computer run test.js, here is my: C++ base64 result is: 82 JS base64 result is: 517 C++ module faster than JS in 6.304878048780488 times