Create a local image file with base 64 in javascript

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I need to use javascript to create an image file on my local computer a .png or .jpg etc file, I have the base 64 of the image, can this be done?

Przemek · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-16 12:21:44Z

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Yes you can do it. All you need is:

var img = new Image();
img.src = 'data:image/gif;base64,...';
document.body.appendChild(img);

answered Feb 16, 2016 at 12:21

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:59:26Z

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In Nodejs, create a buffer with base64 encoding and write the buffer to the file

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answered Feb 16, 2016 at 12:26

Gaurav Tendolkar

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Unfortuanately I am using react-native which doesnt support Node.js