Base64 encoding btoa












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I am encoding some text on my frontend part using btoa function:



const encodedText = btoa(searchText);


This seems to work totally fine and decoding goes like this on backend part:



byte decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(searchedText);
String decodedString = new String(decodedBytes, Charset.defaultCharset());


Which also works fine. However, this seems to fail when using ü letter. My program encodes it as A==, and as far as I know, it should be w7w=



I am not sure what I did wrong.










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    I am encoding some text on my frontend part using btoa function:



    const encodedText = btoa(searchText);


    This seems to work totally fine and decoding goes like this on backend part:



    byte decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(searchedText);
    String decodedString = new String(decodedBytes, Charset.defaultCharset());


    Which also works fine. However, this seems to fail when using ü letter. My program encodes it as A==, and as far as I know, it should be w7w=



    I am not sure what I did wrong.










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      I am encoding some text on my frontend part using btoa function:



      const encodedText = btoa(searchText);


      This seems to work totally fine and decoding goes like this on backend part:



      byte decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(searchedText);
      String decodedString = new String(decodedBytes, Charset.defaultCharset());


      Which also works fine. However, this seems to fail when using ü letter. My program encodes it as A==, and as far as I know, it should be w7w=



      I am not sure what I did wrong.










      share|improve this question














      I am encoding some text on my frontend part using btoa function:



      const encodedText = btoa(searchText);


      This seems to work totally fine and decoding goes like this on backend part:



      byte decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(searchedText);
      String decodedString = new String(decodedBytes, Charset.defaultCharset());


      Which also works fine. However, this seems to fail when using ü letter. My program encodes it as A==, and as far as I know, it should be w7w=



      I am not sure what I did wrong.







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      asked Nov 15 '18 at 9:04









      Maciej MiśkiewiczMaciej Miśkiewicz

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          You could use



          const encodedText = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(searchText)));


          instead to encode unicode characters first.



          See Unicode strings and The "Unicode Problem" for further reading.






          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));








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          • apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

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          You could use



          const encodedText = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(searchText)));


          instead to encode unicode characters first.



          See Unicode strings and The "Unicode Problem" for further reading.






          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));








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          • apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

            – Maciej Miśkiewicz
            Nov 15 '18 at 9:56
















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          You could use



          const encodedText = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(searchText)));


          instead to encode unicode characters first.



          See Unicode strings and The "Unicode Problem" for further reading.






          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));








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          • apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

            – Maciej Miśkiewicz
            Nov 15 '18 at 9:56














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          You could use



          const encodedText = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(searchText)));


          instead to encode unicode characters first.



          See Unicode strings and The "Unicode Problem" for further reading.






          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));








          share|improve this answer













          You could use



          const encodedText = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(searchText)));


          instead to encode unicode characters first.



          See Unicode strings and The "Unicode Problem" for further reading.






          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));








          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));





          console.log(btoa('ü'));
          console.log(btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent('ü'))));






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          • apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

            – Maciej Miśkiewicz
            Nov 15 '18 at 9:56



















          • apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

            – Maciej Miśkiewicz
            Nov 15 '18 at 9:56

















          apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

          – Maciej Miśkiewicz
          Nov 15 '18 at 9:56





          apparently it was enough to use encodeURIComponent(btoa(searchText))

          – Maciej Miśkiewicz
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