How to decode a string of text from a Base64 to a byte array, and the get the string property of this byte array without data corruption

Question

Ok so I have a string of text, encoded in Base 64 like below:

string myText = \"abcBASE64TEXTGOESHEREdef==\";  // actual string is 381 characters long with t         


        

Answer 1

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string completeUrl = SERVICE_URL;
        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(completeUrl);
        request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
        WebProxy proxyObject = new WebProxy(SERVICE_URL, true);
        request.Proxy = proxyObject;
        HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
        byte[] data;
        const int BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
        int bytesRead;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
        using (MemoryStream mss = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using (BinaryReader readers = new
            BinaryReader(webResponse.GetResponseStream(), System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                while ((bytesRead = readers.Read(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0)
                {
                    mss.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                }
                data = mss.ToArray();
                System.Text.Encoding enc = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1");
                string str = enc.GetString(data);
                XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
                xdoc.LoadXml(str);
                XmlNode xmlList = xdoc.ChildNodes[1];
                XmlNode item = xmlList.ChildNodes[1]; //this is your data : JVBERi0xLjUNCiXNzc3NDQoxIDAgb2JqDQo8PA0KL0NyZWF0b3IgKERvY3VtZW50UHJ
                Base64Decode(item.InnerText.ToString());
                Console.WirteLine("File successfully saved");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }

    public static void Base64Decode(string base64EncodedData)
    {
        var base64EncodedBytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(base64EncodedData);
        File.WriteAllBytes("pdf.pdf", base64EncodedBytes);
    }