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Created January 6, 2013 04:11
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base64 encode/decode in Node.js
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base64.js
var url = "http://cdn1.giltcdn.com/images/share/uploads/0000/0001/7250/172502872/420x560.jpg";
var encoded = new Buffer(url).toString('base64');
var decoded = new Buffer(encoded, 'base64').toString('ascii')
console.log(encoded);
console.log(decoded);
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I know its probably a typo, but I want to clarify that it should be Buffer.from(url).toString('base64') without the new keyword.

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