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| # btoa-lite
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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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| [](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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