fix(blob): extract padding chars from hashes #240
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I didn't previously understand that the "==" at the end of the hash isn't merely a delimiter, but a padding character for base64 encoding. It's not strictly necessary to have it, but you have to add it back in to perform a base64 decode. Base64 encoded strings are padded out to a multiple of four characters.
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Thanks for the fix! Closing because #238 is already reviewed, and adds a system test. |
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I didn't previously understand that the "==" at the end of the hash
isn't merely a delimiter, but a padding character for base64 encoding.
It's not strictly necessary to have it, but you have to add it back in
to perform a base64 decode. Base64 encoded strings are padded out to
a multiple of four characters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#Output_padding