Decode Base64 to Hexadecimal string with javascript

Question

Needing to convert a Base64 string to Hexadecimal with javascript.

Example:

var base64Value = \"oAAABTUAAg==\"

Need conversion m

Answer 1

Here is my vanilla JavaScript solution that does not use atob and Buffer. Supports separator, suitable for binary data and React Native, relatively high performance.

Usage :

base64ToHex( 'MTIzYWJjIDotKQ==', '-' )
// returns '31-32-33-61-62-63-20-3a-2d-29'

Code :

/* Convert base64 data to hex string.  https://stackoverflow.com/a/57909068/893578
 *   txt : Base64 string.
 *   sep : Hex separator, e.g. '-' for '1a-2b-3c'.  Default empty.
 */
const base64ToHex = ( () => {
   // Lookup tables
   const values = [], output = [];

   // Main converter
   return function base64ToHex ( txt, sep = '' ) {
      if ( output.length <= 0 ) populateLookups();
      const result = [];
      let v1, v2, v3, v4;
      for ( let i = 0, len = txt.length ; i < len ; i += 4 ) {
         // Map four chars to values.
         v1 = values[ txt.charCodeAt( i   ) ];
         v2 = values[ txt.charCodeAt( i+1 ) ];
         v3 = values[ txt.charCodeAt( i+2 ) ];
         v4 = values[ txt.charCodeAt( i+3 ) ];
         // Split and merge bits, then map and push to output.
         result.push(
            output[ ( v1 << 2) | (v2 >> 4) ],
            output[ ((v2 & 15) << 4) | (v3 >> 2) ],
            output[ ((v3 &  3) << 6) |  v4 ]
         );
      }
      // Trim result if the last values are '='.
      if ( v4 === 64 ) result.splice( v3 === 64 ? -2 : -1 );
      return result.join( sep );
   };

   function populateLookups () {
      const keys = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
      for ( let i = 0 ; i < 256 ; i++ ) {
         output.push( ( '0' + i.toString( 16 ) ).slice( -2 ) );
         values.push( 0 );
      }
      for ( let i = 0 ; i <  65 ; i++ )
         values[ keys.charCodeAt( i ) ] = i;
   }
} )();

Demo:

const [ txt, b64, hex, sep ] = document.querySelectorAll( 'input, select' );

function txtOnInput ({ target: { value }}) {
   hex.value = base64ToHex( b64.value = btoa( value ), sep.value ).toUpperCase();
}

function b64OnInput ({ target: { value }}) {
   hex.value = base64ToHex( value, sep.value ).toUpperCase();
   txt.value = atob( value );
}

txtOnInput({target:txt});

// Different coding style, same result.
function base64ToHex ( txt, sep = '' ) {
   let { val, out } = base64ToHex, v1, v2, v3, v4, result = [];
   if ( ! base64ToHex.val ) { // Populate lookup tables.
      out = base64ToHex.out = [];
      val = base64ToHex.val = Array( 255 ).fill( 0 );
      const keys = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=';
      for ( let i = 0 ; i < 256 ; i++ ) out.push( ( '0' + i.toString(16) ).slice( -2 ) );
      for ( let i = 0 ; i <  65 ; i++ ) val[ keys.charCodeAt( i ) ] = i;
   }
   for ( let i = 0, len = txt.length ; i < len ; i += 4 ) {
      v1 = val[ txt.charCodeAt( i   ) ]; // Map four chars to values.
      v2 = val[ txt.charCodeAt( i+1 ) ];
      v3 = val[ txt.charCodeAt( i+2 ) ];
      v4 = val[ txt.charCodeAt( i+3 ) ];
      result.push( out[ (v1 << 2) | (v2 >> 4) ], // Split values, map to output.
                   out[ ((v2 & 15) << 4) | (v3 >> 2) ],
                   out[ ((v3 & 3) << 6) | v4 ] );
   } // After loop ended: Trim result if the last values are '='.
   if ( v4 === 64 ) result.splice( v3 === 64 ? -2 : -1 );
   return result.join( sep ); // Array is fast.  String append = lots of copying.
}

label { display: block; height: 1em; }
input, select { position: absolute; left: 5em; width: calc( 100% - 6em ) }
input[readonly] { background: #D8D8D8; }

Ascii 

Base64 

Hex    

 
(None)(Space)-

Note: this is done for geisterfurz007 because react-native-fs yields base64 for binary files, and (s)he needs to turn that into hex string. Not that I am happy with the efficiency of existing snippets...