Module | Base64 |
In: |
lib/base64.rb
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The Base64 module provides for the encoding (encode64) and decoding (decode64) of binary data using a Base64 representation.
The following particular features are also provided:
A simple encoding and decoding.
require "base64" enc = Base64.encode64('Send reinforcements') # -> "U2VuZCByZWluZm9yY2VtZW50cw==\n" plain = Base64.decode64(enc) # -> "Send reinforcements"
The purpose of using base64 to encode data is that it translates any binary data into purely printable characters. It is specified in RFC 2045 (www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045.html).
Returns the Base64-decoded version of str.
require 'base64' str = 'VGhpcyBpcyBsaW5lIG9uZQpUaGlzIG' + 'lzIGxpbmUgdHdvClRoaXMgaXMgbGlu' + 'ZSB0aHJlZQpBbmQgc28gb24uLi4K' puts Base64.decode64(str)
Generates:
This is line one This is line two This is line three And so on...
Decodes text formatted using a subset of RFC2047 (the one used for mime-encoding mail headers).
Only supports an encoding type of ‘b’ (base 64), and only supports the character sets ISO-2022-JP and SHIFT_JIS (so the only two encoded word sequences recognized are =?ISO-2022-JP?B?…= and =?SHIFT_JIS?B?…=). Recognition of these sequences is case insensitive.
Returns the Base64-encoded version of str.
require 'base64' Base64.b64encode("Now is the time for all good coders\nto learn Ruby")
Generates:
Tm93IGlzIHRoZSB0aW1lIGZvciBhbGwgZ29vZCBjb2RlcnMKdG8gbGVhcm4g UnVieQ==
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