How can you encode a string to Base64 in JavaScript?

Question

I have a PHP script that can encode a PNG image to a Base64 string.

I\'d like to do the same thing using JavaScript. I know how to open files, but I\'m not sure how

Answer 1

You can use window.btoa and window.atob...

const encoded = window.btoa('Alireza Dezfoolian'); // encode a string
const decoded = window.atob(encoded); // decode the string

Probably using the way which MDN is can do your job the best... Also accepting unicode... using these two simple functions:

// ucs-2 string to base64 encoded ascii
function utoa(str) {
    return window.btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(str)));
}
// base64 encoded ascii to ucs-2 string
function atou(str) {
    return decodeURIComponent(escape(window.atob(str)));
}
// Usage:
utoa('✓ à la mode'); // 4pyTIMOgIGxhIG1vZGU=
atou('4pyTIMOgIGxhIG1vZGU='); // "✓ à la mode"

utoa('I \u2661 Unicode!'); // SSDimaEgVW5pY29kZSE=
atou('SSDimaEgVW5pY29kZSE='); // "I ♡ Unicode!"