NodeJS: Unable to convert stream/buffer to base64 string

Question

I need to create base64 string that I need to send to a third party API. I have the stream and buffer. Form stream I am able to create an image so there is no way the stream is corrupted. Here are the two variables:

var newJpeg = new Buffer(newData, "binary");
var fs = require('fs');
let Duplex = require('stream').Duplex;
let _updatedFileStream = new Duplex();
_updatedFileStream.push(newJpeg);
_updatedFileStream.push(null); 

No matter whatever I try, I can not convert either of them in base64 string.

_updatedFileStream.toString('base64');
Buffer(newJpeg, 'base64');
Buffer(newData, 'base64');

None of the above works. Sometimes I get Uint8Array[arraySize] or Gibberish string. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Example using promises (but could easily be adapted to other approaches):

return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 let buffers = [];
 let myStream = <...>;
 myStream.on('data', (chunk) => { buffers.push(chunk); });
 myStream.once('end', () => {
 let buffer = Buffer.concat(buffers);
 resolve(buffer.toString('base64'));
 });
 myStream.once('error', (err) => {
 reject(err);
 });
});