What is base64 blob storage?

Question

Hi all,

I am uploading my files to azure blob storage using Javascript. I am not converting it into base64 format. What is the advantages and disadvantages if I convert my files to base64 before uploading into azure blob containers?

And I have few questions regarding this

1. How/when/where does the conversion to and from base64 take place?
2. File type/size considerations? Performance concerns with large file?
3. Does this add an extra layer of security?

Answer 1

@Amruthavarshini M

1. Specifying the version number of the SDK will be necessary. However, the storage SDKs generally do not alter the blob content being uploaded in any way.
2. Base 64 takes more space than whatever bytes you converted and it takes linear time to convert bytes to a base64 string.
3. It does not.

May I know what exactly are you trying to accomplish? You would want to base64 encode their data before storing it and unless they have a very specific reason for doing this I’d recommend against it.

Hope this helps!
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