I need to convert a username and password combination into base64 before sending to an API.
The javascript BTOA function is working for me, but when I try to use base64 command in bash I get slightly different results.
**Javascript:**
btoa("hello"); # aGVsbG8=
btoa("username:password"); # dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=
btoa("testing"); # dGVzdGluZw==
**Bash:**
echo hello | base64 # aGVsbG8K
echo username:password | base64 # dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQK
echo testing | base64 # dGVzdGluZwo=
Results are always similar but different.
Server expects the JS style encoding, but I need to use bash.
Why are the results different but similar? How can I produce the results from javascript with bash?
Asked by Philip Kirkbride
(10746 rep)
Aug 3, 2017, 02:40 PM
Last activity: Dec 6, 2023, 06:52 PM
Last activity: Dec 6, 2023, 06:52 PM