javascript download base64 string as file code example
Example 1: convert file into base64 in javascript
function getBase64(file) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result);
reader.onerror = error => reject(error);
});
}
var file = document.querySelector('#files > input[type="file"]').files[0];
getBase64(file).then(
data => console.log(data)
);
Example 2: Converting file to base64 on Javascript client side
export const fileToBase64 = (filename, filepath) => {
return new Promise(resolve => {
var file = new File([filename], filepath);
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
resolve(event.target.result); };
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
});
};
fileToBase64("test.pdf", "../files/test.pdf").then(result => { console.log(result);});