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# btoa-lite
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![](http://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-orange.svg?style=flat)
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![](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/btoa-lite.svg?style=flat)
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![](http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/btoa-lite.svg?style=flat)
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![](http://img.shields.io/npm/l/btoa-lite.svg?style=flat)
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Smallest/simplest possible means of using btoa with both Node and browserify.
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In the browser, encoding base64 strings is done using:
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``` javascript
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var encoded = btoa(decoded)
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```
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However in Node, it's done like so:
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``` javascript
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var encoded = new Buffer(decoded).toString('base64')
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```
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You can easily check if `Buffer` exists and switch between the approaches
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accordingly, but using `Buffer` anywhere in your browser source will pull
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in browserify's `Buffer` shim which is pretty hefty. This package uses
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the `main` and `browser` fields in its `package.json` to perform this
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check at build time and avoid pulling `Buffer` in unnecessarily.
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## Usage
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[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/btoa-lite.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/btoa-lite/)
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### `encoded = btoa(decoded)`
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Returns the base64-encoded value of a string.
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## License
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MIT. See [LICENSE.md](http://github.com/hughsk/btoa-lite/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for details.
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