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								[](http://travis-ci.org/dankogai/js-base64)
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								# base64.js
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								Yet another Base64 transcoder
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								### Install
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								```javascript
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								If you are using it on ES6 transpilers, you may also need:
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								```javascript
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								Note `js-base64` itself is stand-alone so its `package.json` has no `dependencies`.  However, it is also tested on ES6 environment so `"babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0"` is on `devDependencies`.
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								### In Browser
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								```html
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								```html
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								```html
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								### node.js
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								TypeScript 2.0 type definition was added to the [DefinitelyTyped repository](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped).
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								```bash
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								## `.decode()` vs `.atob` (and `.encode()` vs `btoa()`)
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								Which is a Base64-encoded 1x1 transparent PNG, **DO NOT USE** `Base64.decode(pngBase64)`.  Use `Base64.atob(pngBase64)` instead.  `Base64.decode()` decodes to UTF-8 string while `Base64.atob()` decodes to bytes, which is compatible to browser built-in `atob()` (Which is absent in node.js).  The same rule applies to the opposite direction.
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								## SEE ALSO
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								+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
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