module base64

base64 encoding and decoding module

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var encoding = require('encoding');
var base64 = encoding.base64;

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var base64 = require('base64');

static function

encode

encode data in base64

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static String base64.encode(Buffer data,
    Boolean url = false);

Call parameters:

• data:Buffer, the data to be encoded
• url: Boolean, specifies whether to useurlsafe character encoding

Return result:

• String, returns the encoded string

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decode

Decode a string to binary data in base64

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static Buffer base64.decode(String data);

Call parameters:

• data: String, the string to decode

Return result:

• Buffer, returns the decoded binary data