RESTful API testing requires base64 parm - btoa() is unknown function

[eflyerman]

How can I encode a binary file to base64 for the API parm?

I found https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/42195/ but it requires dotnet and the desktop license for TC.  We are only using the web testing so the example fails.

Is there anyway to access the native javascript window.btoa() function within javascript test scripts?

Eddie

[AlexKaras]

Hi Eddie,

Assuming that your project is either JScript- or JavaScript-based, this link might help: https://scotch.io/tutorials/how-to-encode-and-decode-strings-with-base64-in-javascript

Also https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/app-testing/web/general/common-tasks/javascript.html might be relevant as well.

[eflyerman]

I resolved it by doing something similar but different to the example on scotch.io.  VERY slow.

The TC project is running pure javascript.  We're not even opening a browser, just httprequests to exercise the API.  There is no page object to use as in the documentation link you provided.

We may have to open up a browser just to have  a page object to use to improve the speed. 

Thanks,

E 

[AlexKaras]

Hi,

> Is there anyway to access the native javascript window.btoa() function

As per w3schools (https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/obj_window.asp), window is not a native JavaScript object, but an object that "represents an open window in a browser".

Also note that as per https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_btoa.asp, btoa() is not supported in IE browser.