WorkerGlobalScope: atob() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Note: This feature is only available in Web Workers.

The atob() method of the WorkerGlobalScope interface decodes a string of data which has been encoded using Base64 encoding. You can use the WorkerGlobalScope.btoa() method to encode and transmit data which may otherwise cause communication problems, then transmit it and use the atob() method to decode the data again. For example, you can encode, transmit, and decode control characters such as ASCII values 0 through 31.

Syntax

js
atob(encodedData)

Parameters

encodedData

A binary string (i.e., a string in which each character in the string is treated as a byte of binary data) containing base64-encoded data.

Return value

An ASCII string containing decoded data from encodedData.

Exceptions

InvalidCharacterError DOMException

Thrown if encodedData is not valid base64.

Examples

js
const encodedData = self.btoa("Hello, world"); // encode a string
const decodedData = self.atob(encodedData); // decode the string

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-atob-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also