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xml64 is a utility package for converting between Base64 encoded strings and XML. This package provides functions to easily encode XML strings into Base64 and decode Base64 strings back into XML.
You can install xml64 using npm or yarn:
npm install xml64
# or
yarn add xml64
For Node.js or CommonJS environments:
const { base64ToXml, xmlToBase64 } = require('xml64');
// Convert Base64 to XML
const base64 = "PHhscD5zdHJpbmc8L3hscD4=";
const xmlString = base64ToXml(base64);
console.log(xmlString); // Outputs: "<xml>string</xml>"
// Convert XML to Base64
const xml = "<xml>string</xml>";
const base64Encoded = xmlToBase64(xml);
console.log(base64Encoded); // Outputs: "PHhscD5zdHJpbmc8L3hscD4="
For ES Modules environments or modern JavaScript (e.g., in TypeScript):
import { base64ToXml, xmlToBase64 } from 'xml64';
// Convert Base64 to XML
const base64 = "PHhscD5zdHJpbmc8L3hscD4=";
const xmlString = base64ToXml(base64);
console.log(xmlString); // Outputs: "<xml>string</xml>"
// Convert XML to Base64
const xml = "<xml>string</xml>";
const base64Encoded = xmlToBase64(xml);
console.log(base64Encoded); // Outputs: "PHhscD5zdHJpbmc8L3hscD4="
MIT © 2024 Behzad Bakhshayesh
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A utility for converting between Base64 encoded strings and XML.
We found that xml64 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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