I tried to decode a valid (based on my understanding) base64 encoded string in Go with:
data, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(s)
if err != nil {
...
}
A full example is here. I have a string "eyJlbWFpbF9hZGRyZXNzIjoiIiwiZXhwIjoxNDQ3NzIzMzY4LCJmaXJzdG5hbWUiOiIiLCJpYXQiOjE0NDc0NjQxNjgsImlzcyI6Imh0dHA6Ly91ZGFjaXR5LmNvbSIsImtpZCI6ImE3ZTg5ZWQyMSIsImxhc3RuYW1lIjoiIiwidXNlcl9pZCI6IjEyMzQ1Njc4IiwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJoYW5zb2xvQGhvdGguY29tIn0"
, which can be properly decoded for example here
or even in your browser's console with atob(that_string);
, but for some reason go complains with:
illegal base64 data at input byte 236
Notice, that I can decode some other strings. So why can not I base64decode a valid encoded string in Go?