How to convert Base64 String to javascript file object like as from file input form?

Way 1: only works for dataURL, not for other types of url.

 function dataURLtoFile(dataurl, filename) {
 
        var arr = dataurl.split(','),
            mime = arr[0].match(/:(.*?);/)[1],
            bstr = atob(arr[1]), 
            n = bstr.length, 
            u8arr = new Uint8Array(n);
            
        while(n--){
            u8arr[n] = bstr.charCodeAt(n);
        }
        
        return new File([u8arr], filename, {type:mime});
    }
    
    //Usage example:
    var file = dataURLtoFile('data:text/plain;base64,aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=','hello.txt');
    console.log(file);

Way 2: works for any type of url, (http url, dataURL, blobURL, etc…)

 //return a promise that resolves with a File instance
    function urltoFile(url, filename, mimeType){
        return (fetch(url)
            .then(function(res){return res.arrayBuffer();})
            .then(function(buf){return new File([buf], filename,{type:mimeType});})
        );
    }
    
    //Usage example:
    urltoFile('data:text/plain;base64,aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=', 'hello.txt','text/plain')
    .then(function(file){ console.log(file);});

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