I am trying to send over HTTP a ZIP file, to achieve that I encode/decode it in Base64. That is not working unfortunately. I have figured out the issue is actually in the encode/decode itself and was able to isolate and reproduce it.
Consider a simple code which:
- Reads a file from the filesystem.
- Base64 encodes that file.
- Base64 decodes the previously computed base64 string into a binary stream and save it into another file (same identical as original).
const fs = require("fs");
const buffer = fs.readFileSync("C:/users/Public/myzip.zip"); // 1. read
const base64data = buffer.toString("base64"); // 2. encode
fs.writeFileSync("C:/users/Public/myzip2.zip",
new Buffer(base64data, "base64"),
"base64"); // 3. decode + save
The code runs fine (I am on Windows 10), no errors. It successfully reads and writes files. However, file myzip2.zip is written but it cannot be opened: Windows complains it is invalid :(
A bit more context
The reason for this question is the following. I am using Base64 encoding in order to successfully send over a ZIP file from a client to a server.
This code isolates the problem I am having by leaving the networking complexity out of the equation. I need to figure out how to properly encode/decode a file using Base64. Once I can make it work on a single machine, it will work when sending the file.
Why is this basic set of commands not working?
