Encode/Decode the variable/response using Postman itself
Feb 23, 2021
We get a lot of use cases where we may have to implement Base64 encoding and/or decoding while building our APIs. And, if you are wondering if it is possible to encode/decode the variable/response using Postman itself or how to encode/decode the token or password in postman and save it in a variable?
To Base64 encode/decode, the quickest way is to use JavaScript methods btoa, atob:
- atob — It turns base64-encoded ASCII data back to binary.
- btoa — It turns binary data to base64-encoded ASCII.
Sample code:
var responseBody = pm.response.json();
var parsedPwd = JSON.parse(atob(responseBody.password)); // presuming password is in the payload
pm.collectionVariables.set(“password”, parsedPwd);