module.exports = function(RED) { "use strict"; function Base64Node(n) { RED.nodes.createNode(this,n); var node = this; this.on("input", function(msg) { if (msg.hasOwnProperty("payload")) { if (Buffer.isBuffer(msg.payload)) { // Take binary buffer and make into a base64 string msg.payload = msg.payload.toString('base64'); node.send(msg); } else if (typeof msg.payload === "string") { // Take base64 string and make into binary buffer var regexp = new RegExp('^[A-Za-z0-9+\/=]*$'); if ( regexp.test(msg.payload) && (msg.payload.length % 4 === 0) ) { msg.payload = new Buffer(msg.payload,'base64'); node.send(msg); } else { //node.log("Not a Base64 string - maybe we should encode it..."); msg.payload = (new Buffer(msg.payload,"binary")).toString('base64'); node.send(msg); } } else { node.warn("This node only handles strings or buffers."); } } else { node.warn("No payload found to process"); } }); } RED.nodes.registerType("base64",Base64Node); }