What is the purpose of atob() and btoa() functions in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, atob and btoa are two built-in functions used for basic browser-side encoding and decoding between ASCII strings and base64-encoded binary data.

atob(encodedString)

Decodes a base64-encoded string (encodedString) and returns its decoded ASCII equivalent as a string.

This function is useful for retrieving data that was previously encoded using btoa to store or transmit it in a format compatible with URLs, HTML forms, or other ASCII-based contexts.

btoa(string)



Encodes a string (string) using base64 encoding and returns the encoded data as a base64 string.

This function is useful for preparing string data (like text content, image source data) for transmission or storage in scenarios where binary data might be misinterpreted.

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