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dataURItoBlob
dataURItoBlob = (dataURI) => {
// convert base64 to raw binary data held in a string
// doesn't handle URLEncoded DataURIs - see SO answer #6850276 for code that does this
var byteString = atob(dataURI.split(',')[1]);
// separate out the mime component
var mimeString = dataURI.split(',')[0].split(':')[1].split(';')[0]
// write the bytes of the string to an ArrayBuffer
var ab = new ArrayBuffer(byteString.length);
// create a view into the buffer
var ia = new Uint8Array(ab);
// set the bytes of the buffer to the correct values
for (var i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
ia[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
}
// write the ArrayBuffer to a blob, and you're done
var blob = new Blob([ab], {type: mimeString});
return blob;
}
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