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Module based.64.rfc

Implements RFC 4648 Base64

Functions

encode (data)	Encodes a value into URL-Safe Base64.
decode (data[, mode="string"])	Decodes a Base64-encoded value.

Functions

encode (data)

Encodes a value into URL-Safe Base64. Supported types are string and number. Strings will be encoded byte-wise with padding bits at the end, while numbers will be encoded all at once with leading zeroes at the start.

Parameters:

• data string A string treated as binary data

Returns:

string The Base64 encoded input data

decode (data[, mode="string"])

Decodes a Base64-encoded value.

Parameters:

• data string Base64 encoded data
• mode string Either ‘string’ or ‘number’ to specify what type to decode as (default "string")

Returns:

1. The decoded input data
2. boolean true if the input data was correctly padded, false otherwise