Base64 in Python

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• Python Code Examples

Encode

Binary Data

import base64
binary_data = ...
c = base64.b64encode(binary_data).decode('utf-8')

Strings

import base64
sample_string = "something"
sample_string_bytes = sample_string.encode("utf-8")
base64_bytes = base64.b64encode(sample_string_bytes)
base64_string = base64_bytes.decode("utf-8")

Decode

Decode Binary Data

import base64
base64_text = ...
binary_data = base64.b64decode(base64_text)

Decode Text

import base64
base64_encoded_text = ...
text = base64.b64decode(base64_encoded_text.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')