Decodes a base 64 encoded string to its original representation.
ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64("T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==") # => "Original unencoded string"
# File lib/active_support/base64.rb, line 21 def self.decode64(data) data.unpack("m").first end
Encodes a string to its base 64 representation. Each 60 characters of output is separated by a newline character.
ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64("Original unencoded string") # => "T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==\n"
# File lib/active_support/base64.rb, line 13 def self.encode64(data) [data].pack("m") end
Included in Ruby 1.9
# File lib/active_support/base64.rb, line 29 def Base64.strict_encode64(value) encode64(value).gsub(/\n/, '') end