Decoding a base64 string

Question
#1

Hi folks.

I have a base64 string that I wish to decode in a JS node.

My problem is that we cannot use atob or Buffer in the JS nodes.

Has anyone gotten around this yet?

Here is my code so far:

var base64String = inputs.input1.result;
var base64Cleaned = base64String.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');

var jsonPayload = decodeURIComponent(atob(base64Cleaned).toString().split('').map(function(c) {
    return '%' + ('00' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-2);
}).join(''));

return { result: JSON.parse(jsonPayload)};

Thanks

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#2

Hi Richard,

there are 2 flow functions regarding base64, but as you are advanced with JS, you can also write custom code in the ‘Javascript’ node.
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#3

Thank you @stayfoolish

I am not dealing with a file. Just a base64 string that needs to be decoded into a JSON object so I don’t see how the file flow functions can help there.

The Javascript node doesn’t work is it is most likely a cut down version and seems not to have access to the required functions to make the code work as described above.

#4

@Richard_Soderblom, check out this thread on Stack Overflow for a solution without Buffer:

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#5

Awesome. Thank you @Mari

I will give it a shot this weekend.

#6

Richard, did that work?

#7

Sorry for not updating earlier.

The solution worked perfectly.

I incorporated it into a bit of code that could decode JWT tokens as well with success.

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#8

I’m using JWT as well, but I don’t need to decode them. My node.JS backend is decrypting as needed, mostly in my auth route.
Haven’t done anything with JS inside AG.

#9

Dear Richard, could you share your decoding in the JS node?

I try to follow the solution but something maybe not right.

TQ

#10

I need this too, to be able to do anything with basic auth. Seems like it would be a standard flow function.