Node.js throws “btoa is not defined” error

Question

In my node.js application I did an npm install btoa-atob so that I could use the btoa() and atob() functions which are native in clien

Answer 1

The 'btoa-atob' module does not export a programmatic interface, it only provides command line utilities.

If you need to convert to Base64 you could do so using Buffer:

console.log(Buffer.from('Hello World!').toString('base64'));

Reverse (assuming the content you're decoding is a utf8 string):

console.log(Buffer.from(b64Encoded, 'base64').toString());

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Note: prior to Node v4, use new Buffer rather than Buffer.from.