4 `base64-js` does basic base64 encoding/decoding in pure JS.
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8 Many browsers already have base64 encoding/decoding functionality, but it is for text data, not all-purpose binary data.
10 Sometimes encoding/decoding binary data in the browser is useful, and that is what this module does.
14 With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:
16 `npm install base64-js` and `var base64js = require('base64-js')`
18 For use in web browsers do:
20 `<script src="base64js.min.js"></script>`
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26 `base64js` has three exposed functions, `byteLength`, `toByteArray` and `fromByteArray`, which both take a single argument.
28 * `byteLength` - Takes a base64 string and returns length of byte array
29 * `toByteArray` - Takes a base64 string and returns a byte array
30 * `fromByteArray` - Takes a byte array and returns a base64 string