Getting a hash link in binary format

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I am using ipfs-js. ipfs.files.add returns a base58 encoded version of the hash, how can I get a binary version of it? For serializing it.

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The easiest way is probably to decode it externally.
C - https://github.com/luke-jr/libbase58
C++ - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/base58.h
JavaScript - https://www.npmjs.com/package/bs58

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Thanks, yes bs58.js does what I need to do.