Convert base64 string to ArrayBuffer
Try this:
function _base64ToArrayBuffer(base64) { var binary_string = window.atob(base64); var len = binary_string.length; var bytes = new Uint8Array(len); for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { bytes[i] = binary_string.charCodeAt(i); } return bytes.buffer;}
Using TypedArray.from:
Uint8Array.from(atob(base64_string), c => c.charCodeAt(0))Performance to be compared with the for loop version of Goran.it answer.
Goran.it's answer does not work because of unicode problem in javascript - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowBase64/Base64_encoding_and_decoding.
I ended up using the function given on Daniel Guerrero's blog: http://blog.danguer.com/2011/10/24/base64-binary-decoding-in-javascript/
Function is listed on github link: https://github.com/danguer/blog-examples/blob/master/js/base64-binary.js
Use these lines
var uintArray = Base64Binary.decode(base64_string); var byteArray = Base64Binary.decodeArrayBuffer(base64_string);