Decoding base64 while using GitHub API to Download a File

Question

I am using the GitHub API to download a file from GitHub. I have been able to successfully authenticate as well as get a response from github, and see a base64 encoded stri

Answer 1

For some reason the Github APIs base64 encoded content doesn't decode properly at all the online base64 decoders I've tried from the front page of google.

Python works however:

import base64
base64.b64decode("ewogICAgInN3YWdnZXIiOiAiM...")