I'm trying to read a binary file from the filesystem and then base64 encode it in JavaScript. I'm using the FileReader API to read the data and the base64 encoder found here.

The code I have seems close to working, the problem is that the generated base64 data is wrong. Here's what I've got so far:

function saveResource() {

    var file = $(.resourceFile)[0].files[0];



    var reader = new FileReader();

    reader.onload = function(evt) {

        var fileData = evt.target.result;

        var bytes = new Uint8Array(fileData);

        var binaryText = '';



        for (var index = 0; index < bytes.byteLength; index++) {

            binaryText += String.fromCharCode( bytes[index] );

        }



        console.log(Base64.encode(binaryText));



    };

    reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);

};

Here's the file I'm testing with (it's a 100x100 blue square):

According to an online base64 decoder/encoder, this file should encode to:

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

...but instead what I'm getting out of the JavaScript is:

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

If i had to hazard a guess I'd say that the issue has something to do with nonprintable characters in the binary data (if I encode a plaintext document, that works fine). But what's the best approach to work around the issue?

Edit

It looks like this may be a problem with the base64 library itself (or if not that, then with how the Uint8Array is unpackaged into a string for the library call). If I use the browser's btoa() function instead, and pass it the Uint8Array binaryText directly, that works. Too bad that function doesn't exist in all browsers.