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		Maksadbek on Jan 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to store your app's entire state in the url Worth to note that it actually should use the base62 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base62 It’s the same as base64 but w/o "+" and "?" symbols.

bytesandbots on Jan 10, 2023 [–]

There is a URL safe version of base64 that uses - and _ instead. Base64 tools can be more readily available.

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