2 files changed, 39 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js b/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
index f60aa23c..6cc0b61b 100644
--- a/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
+++ b/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ import { StaticRouter } from 'react-router-dom/server';
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-const serverRenderer = async (req, res, next) => {
+// convert a Unicode string to a string in which
+// each 16-bit unit occupies only one byte
+function toBinary(string) {
+    const codeUnits = new Uint16Array(string.length);
+    for (let i = 0; i < codeUnits.length; i++) {
+        codeUnits[i] = string.charCodeAt(i);
+    }
+    return Buffer.from(String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(codeUnits.buffer))).toString('base64');
+}
+
+const serverRenderer = async (req, res) => {
 
     // point to the html file created by CRA's build tool
     const filePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'dist', 'index.html');
@@ -33,29 +43,29 @@ const serverRenderer = async (req, res, next) => {
 
         const marker = '<div id="app">';
         const data = htmlData.split(marker);
-        const propsData = `<script>window.__PROPS__="${Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(props)).toString('base64')}";</script>${marker}`;
+        const propsData = `<script>window.__PROPS__="${toBinary(JSON.stringify(props))}";</script>${marker}`;
         let didError = false;
         const { pipe } = ReactDOMServer.renderToPipeableStream(
             <StaticRouter location={req.baseUrl} context={routerContext}>
                 <App {...props} />
             </StaticRouter>
-        , {
-            onShellReady() {
-                res.statusCode = didError ? 500 : 200;
-                res.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/html');
-                res.write(data[0]);
-                res.write(propsData);
-                pipe(res, { end: false });
-            },
-            onAllReady() {
-                res.write(data[1]);
-                res.end();
-            },
-            onError(err) {
-                didError = true;
-                console.log(err);
-            }
-        });
+            , {
+                onShellReady() {
+                    res.statusCode = didError ? 500 : 200;
+                    res.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/html');
+                    res.write(data[0]);
+                    res.write(propsData);
+                    pipe(res, { end: false });
+                },
+                onAllReady() {
+                    res.write(data[1]);
+                    res.end();
+                },
+                onError(err) {
+                    didError = true;
+                    console.log(err);
+                }
+            });
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/vnext/src/index.js b/vnext/src/index.js
index 8064dd1f..5f3c262e 100644
--- a/vnext/src/index.js
+++ b/vnext/src/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@ import './index.css';
 
 const Juick = lazy(() => import('./App'));
 
-const props = window.__PROPS__ ? JSON.parse(window.atob(window.__PROPS__)) : {};
+function fromBinary(encoded) {
+    const binary = window.atob(encoded);
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
+    for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
+        bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
+    }
+    return String.fromCharCode(...new Uint16Array(bytes.buffer));
+}
+
+const props = window.__PROPS__ ? JSON.parse(fromBinary(window.__PROPS__)) : {};
 
 const JuickApp = () => (
     <StrictMode>