Editing btoa vs third party base64 encoder This edit will create a new revision. Your details (optional) Name Email (won’t be displayed; might be used for Gravatar) URL Test case details Title * Published (uncheck if you want to fiddle around before making the page public) Description (in case you feel further explanation is needed)(Markdown syntax is allowed) Encoding large data in base64 can be slow. Also, native implementations of btoa do not correctly handle utf-8 characters. Searching for the best performing alternative. Are you a spammer? (just answer the question) Preparation code Preparation code HTML (this will be inserted in the <body> of a valid HTML5 document in standards mode) (useful when testing DOM operations or including libraries) Include JavaScript libraries as follows: <script src="//cdn.ext/library.js"></script> Define setup for all tests (variables, functions, arrays or other objects that will be used in the tests) (runs before each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (e.g. define local test variables, reset global variables, clear canvas, etc.) (see FAQ) /** * * Base64 encode / decode * http://www.webtoolkit.info/ * **/ Base64 = { // private property _keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=", // public method for encoding encode : function (input) { var output = ""; var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4; var i = 0; input = Base64._utf8_encode(input); while (i < input.length) { chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++); chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++); chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++); enc1 = chr1 >> 2; enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4); enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6); enc4 = chr3 & 63; if (isNaN(chr2)) { enc3 = enc4 = 64; } else if (isNaN(chr3)) { enc4 = 64; } output = output + this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4); } return output; }, // public method for decoding decode : function (input) { var output = ""; var chr1, chr2, chr3; var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4; var i = 0; input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, ""); while (i < input.length) { enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++)); enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++)); enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++)); enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++)); chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4); chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2); chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4; output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1); if (enc3 != 64) { output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2); } if (enc4 != 64) { output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3); } } output = Base64._utf8_decode(output); return output; }, // private method for UTF-8 encoding _utf8_encode : function (string) { string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n"); var utftext = ""; for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) { var c = string.charCodeAt(n); if (c < 128) { utftext += String.fromCharCode(c); } else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) { utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192); utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128); } else { utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224); utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128); utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128); } } return utftext; }, // private method for UTF-8 decoding _utf8_decode : function (utftext) { var string = ""; var i = 0; var c = c1 = c2 = 0; while ( i < utftext.length ) { c = utftext.charCodeAt(i); if (c < 128) { string += String.fromCharCode(c); i++; } else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) { c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1); string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63)); i += 2; } else { c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1); c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2); string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63)); i += 3; } } return string; } } chr = function(code) { return String.fromCharCode(code); }; //returns utf8 encoded charachter of a unicode value. //code must be a number indicating the Unicode value. //returned value is a string between 1 and 4 charachters. code2utf = function(code) { if (code < 128) return chr(code); if (code < 2048) return chr(192+(code>>6)) + chr(128+(code&63)); if (code < 65536) return chr(224+(code>>12)) + chr(128+((code>>6)&63)) + chr(128+(code&63)); if (code < 2097152) return chr(240+(code>>18)) + chr(128+((code>>12)&63)) + chr(128+((code>>6)&63)) + chr(128+(code&63)); }; //it is a private function for internal use in utf8Encode function _utf8Encode = function(str) { var utf8str = new Array(); for (var i=0; i<str.length; i++) { utf8str[i] = code2utf(str.charCodeAt(i)); } return utf8str.join(''); }; //Encodes a unicode string to UTF8 format. utf8Encode = function(str) { var utf8str = new Array(); var pos,j = 0; var tmpStr = ''; while ((pos = str.search(/[^\x00-\x7F]/)) != -1) { tmpStr = str.match(/([^\x00-\x7F]+[\x00-\x7F]{0,10})+/)[0]; utf8str[j++] = str.substr(0, pos); utf8str[j++] = _utf8Encode(tmpStr); str = str.substr(pos + tmpStr.length); } utf8str[j++] = str; return utf8str.join(''); }; function encodeBase64(str){ var chr1, chr2, chr3, rez = '', arr = [], i = 0, j = 0, code = 0; var chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/='.split(''); while(code = str.charCodeAt(j++)){ if(code < 128){ arr[arr.length] = code; } else if(code < 2048){ arr[arr.length] = 192 | (code >> 6); arr[arr.length] = 128 | (code & 63); } else if(code < 65536){ arr[arr.length] = 224 | (code >> 12); arr[arr.length] = 128 | ((code >> 6) & 63); arr[arr.length] = 128 | (code & 63); } else{ arr[arr.length] = 240 | (code >> 18); arr[arr.length] = 128 | ((code >> 12) & 63); arr[arr.length] = 128 | ((code >> 6) & 63); arr[arr.length] = 128 | (code & 63); } }; while(i < arr.length){ chr1 = arr[i++]; chr2 = arr[i++]; chr3 = arr[i++]; rez += chars[chr1 >> 2]; rez += chars[((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4)]; rez += chars[chr2 === undefined ? 64 : ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6)]; rez += chars[chr3 === undefined ? 64 : chr3 & 63]; }; return rez; }; // based on Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net), original by Webtoolkit.info (http://www.webtoolkit.info/) // improved by: sowberry, Yves Sucaet, kirilloid // bugfixed by: Onno Marsman, Onno Marsman, Ulrich, Rafal Kukawski // tweaked by: Jack function utf8_encode(a) { var d = 0, b = 0, c = "", f, e; if(null === a || "undefined" === typeof a) { return"" } a += ""; f = a.length; for(var g = 0;g < f;g++) { e = a.charCodeAt(g), crt_encode = null, 128 > e ? d++ : crt_encode = 127 < e && 2048 > e ? String.fromCharCode(e >> 6 | 192, e & 63 | 128) : String.fromCharCode(e >> 12 | 224, e >> 6 & 63 | 128, e & 63 | 128), null !== crt_encode && (d > b && (c += a.slice(b, d)), c += crt_encode, b = d = g + 1) } d > b && (c += a.slice(b, f)); return c } // based on http://www.webtoolkit.info/ function base64_encode(a) { var d = "", b, c, f, e, g, h, j = 0, k; a = utf8_encode(a); for(k = a.length;j < k;) { b = a.charCodeAt(j++), c = a.charCodeAt(j++), f = a.charCodeAt(j++), e = b >> 2, b = (b & 3) << 4 | c >> 4, g = (c & 15) << 2 | f >> 6, h = f & 63, isNaN(c) ? g = h = 64 : isNaN(f) && (h = 64), d += "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=".charAt(e) + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=".charAt(b) + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=".charAt(g) + "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=".charAt(h) } return d } a = ""; for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) a += "teststring "; Define teardown for all tests (runs after each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (see FAQ) Code snippets to compare Test 1 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = btoa(a); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = Base64.encode(a); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = btoa(Base64._utf8_encode(a)); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(a))); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = btoa(utf8Encode(a)); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = encodeBase64(a); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = btoa(utf8_encode(a)); Test 8 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code b = base64_encode(utf8_encode(a));