$base64 encoded string from angular is not able to decode in C#

Question

Client side code (angularjs controller)

var p="gemüse8";

var pb= $base64.encode(p); // pb= Z2Vt/HNlOA==

from server side(C#)

string b64="Z2Vt/HNlOA==";

byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(b64);

string decodedString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);

result showing "gem�se8"

How can i properly decode this string?

Whatever $base64.encode is seems to be using iso-8859-1 (or similar) rather than UTF - which probably needs addressing - as it stands use Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1").GetString(data) — Alex K.
– Alex K., Commented Jul 7, 2017 at 10:39

Alex K. · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-08 17:43:13Z

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Whatever $base64.encode is seems to be using ISO-8859-1 (or similar) encoding rather than UTF - which probably needs addressing.

As it stands use:

string decodedString = Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1").GetString(data);

answered Jul 8, 2017 at 17:43

Alex K.

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