adding base64 to api too

Author: CamDavidsonPilon

pioreactorui/__init__.py

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 )
 
 
+def decode_base64(string: str) -> str:
+    return loads(string)
+
+
 def create_app():
     from .unit_api import unit_api
     from .api import api
@@ -142,6 +146,10 @@ def _get_app_db_connection():
     db = getattr(g, "_app_database", None)
     if db is None:
         db = g._app_database = sqlite3.connect(pioreactor_config.get("storage", "database"))
+        db.create_function(
+            "BASE64", 1, decode_base64
+        )  # TODO: until next OS release which implements a native sqlite3 base64 function
+
         db.row_factory = _make_dicts
         db.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys = 1")