Using Javascript's atob to decode base64 doesn't properly decode utf-8 strings

Question

I\'m using the Javascript window.atob() function to decode a base64-encoded string (specifically the base64-encoded content from the GitHub API). Problem is I\'

Answer 1

If treating strings as bytes is more your thing, you can use the following functions

function u_atob(ascii) {
    return Uint8Array.from(atob(ascii), c => c.charCodeAt(0));
}

function u_btoa(buffer) {
    var binary = [];
    var bytes = new Uint8Array(buffer);
    for (var i = 0, il = bytes.byteLength; i < il; i++) {
        binary.push(String.fromCharCode(bytes[i]));
    }
    return btoa(binary.join(''));
}


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