In my node.js application I did a npm install btoa-atob so that I could use the btoa() and atob() functions which are native in client-side javascript but for some reason weren't included in node. The new directory showed up in my node_modules folder, which itself is in root alongside app.js. Then I made sure to add btoa-atob as a dependency in my package.json file which is in root.
However, for some reason it still will not work.
console.log(btoa("Hello World!"));
^ should output "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh" to the console, but instead I get the error "btoa is not defiend."
Did I not do the install properly? What did I overlook?
The 'btoa-atob' module does not export a programmatic interface, it only provides command line utilities.
If you need to convert to base64 you could do so using Buffer: console.log(new Buffer('Hello World!').toString('base64'));