base64(3)

NAME
base64 - Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

DESCRIPTION

Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

DATA TYPES

ascii_string() = [1..255]

EXPORTS

encode(Data) -> Base64

encode_to_string(Data) -> Base64String

    Types:

        Data = string() | binary()
        Base64 = binary()
        Base64String = ascii_string()

    Encodes a plain ASCII string into base64. The result will be 33% larger than the data.

decode(Base64) -> Data

decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString

mime_decode(Base64) -> Data

mime_decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString

    Types:

        Base64 = string() | binary()
        Data = binary()
        DataString = string()

    Decodes a base64 encoded string to plain ASCII. See RFC4648. mime_decode/1 and mime_decode_to_string/1 strips away illegal characters, while decode/1 and decode_to_string/1 only strips away whitespace characters.