{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/4237","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/4237/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/4237/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/4237/events","html_url":"https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/4237","id":69382971,"number":4237,"title":"Make the base64 package public?","user":{"login":"dandv","id":33569,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33569?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv","html_url":"https://github.com/dandv","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dandv/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/labels/Project:Docs","name":"Project:Docs","color":"fbca04"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-04-19T04:34:22Z","updated_at":"2015-04-21T21:48:59Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I found [base64](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/tree/devel/packages/base64) useful to handle images taken by mdg:camera, which are base64-encoded.\r\n\r\nHappy to submit a PR. It's already available [on Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/meteor/base64), so why not?\r\n\r\nAlso, would it be possible to use the native Buffer on the server?\r\n\r\n    new Buffer(encodedString, 'base64').toString()"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/comments/94953359","html_url":"https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/4237#issuecomment-94953359","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/issues/4237","id":94953359,"user":{"login":"glasser","id":16724,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16724?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser","html_url":"https://github.com/glasser","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/glasser/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-21T21:48:59Z","updated_at":"2015-04-21T21:48:59Z","body":"I'm not sure what you're actually suggesting here.  Just changing the README to not say that it's internal?\r\n\r\nI'm not sure how much more support we should give to this package.  At the time, we thought it made sense to use the \"cross-platform\" Uint8Array class instead of Buffer on the server, but that may have not been the best choice."}}