I think you are converting the data a bit more than you need to. Once you create the buffer with the proper encoding, you just need to write the buffer to the file. var base64Data = req.rawBody.replace(/^data:image\/png;base64,/, “”); require(“fs”).writeFile(“out.png”, base64Data, ‘base64′, function(err) { console.log(err); }); new Buffer(…, ‘base64’) will convert the input string to a … Read more
I discovered git-annex recently which I find awesome. It was designed for managing large files efficiently. I use it for my photo/music (etc.) collections. The development of git-annex is very active. The content of the files can be removed from the Git repository, only the tree hierarchy is tracked by Git (through symlinks). However, to … Read more
You can use btoa() and atob() to convert to and from base64 encoding. There appears to be some confusion in the comments regarding what these functions accept/return, so… btoa() accepts a “string” where each character represents an 8-bit byte – if you pass a string containing characters that can’t be represented in 8 bits, it … Read more