Convert base64 string to byte string

You can turn it into a list:

iex(11)> "Like this 😀" |> Base.encode64
"TGlrZSB0aGlzIPCfmIA="
iex(12)> "TGlrZSB0aGlzIPCfmIA=" |> Base.decode64!() |> :binary.bin_to_list()
[76, 105, 107, 101, 32, 116, 104, 105, 115, 32, 240, 159, 152, 128]