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universal-base64
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Small universal base64 functions for node.js and browsers.
Why? Universal projects deployed to browsers should not need Buffer
for base64 functionality already built into browsers (window.btoa
and window.atob
).
npm install universal-base64 --save
import { decode, encode } from "universal-base64";
encode("test"); //=> "dGVzdA=="
decode("dGVzdA=="); //=> "test"
This module uses TypeScript and contains type definitions on NPM.
Apache 2.0
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Small universal base64 functions for node.js and browsers
The npm package universal-base64 receives a total of 32,426 weekly downloads. As such, universal-base64 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that universal-base64 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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