# Uint8Array.fromBase64() — Parameters

> string : A base64 string encoding bytes to convert to a Uint8Array.

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string : A base64 string encoding bytes to convert to a Uint8Array. The string must only contain characters in the base64 alphabet, which includes A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and two special characters, which are either + and / (if using alphabet: "base64" in options) or - and _ (if using alphabet: "base64url" in options). It may have padding = characters at the end. Any ASCII white space characters within the string are ignored. options {{optional_inline}} : An object customizing the base64 string interpretation process. It can contain the following properties: alphabet {{optional_inline}} : A string specifying the base64 alphabet to use. It can be one of the following: "base64" (default) : Accept input encoded with the standard base64 alphabet, which uses + and /. "base64url" : Accept input encoded with the URL-safe base64 alphabet, which uses - and _. lastChunkHandling {{optional_inline}} : A string specifying how to handle the last chunk of the base64 string. Because every 4 characters in base64 encodes 3 bytes, the string is separated into chunks of 4 characters. If the last chunk has fewer than 4 characters, it needs to be handled differently. It can be one of the following: "loose" (default) : The last chunk can either be 2 or 3 base64 characters, or exactly 4 characters long with padding = characters. The last chunk is decoded and appended to the result. "strict" : The last chunk must be exactly 4 characters long with padding = characters. Furthermore, overflow bits (trailing bits from the last base64 character that don't represent any data) must be 0. The last chunk is decoded and appended to the result. "stop-before-partial" : If the last chunk is exactly 4 characters long with padding = characters, then it's decoded and appended to the result. Otherwise, the last partial chunk is ignored (but if it contains one base64 character followed by =, then a syntax error is still thrown). This is useful if the string is coming from a stream and the last chunk is not yet complete. To know how many characters of the input were read, use {{jsxref("Uint8Array.prototype.setFromBase64()")}} instead (the linked page also contains an example of stream decoding using "stop-before-partial").

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