# Perspective Download base64 file

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-download-base64-file/43885 "2021-02-26T19:16:44Z")\
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I would use a Java function to convert the base64 to bytes; there's a lot of layers of translation involved if you use a Jython method.  
Try this snippet to get a `byte[]`:

> [@How to init myLongArray as array(java.lang.Long, \[myLongValue\])](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-init-mylongarray-as-array-java-lang-long-mylongvalue/31922/7):
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> from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common import Base64 bytes = Base64.decode(string) No muss, no fuss.

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