# module Base64

The Base64 module isn’t available in earlier versions of Ruby 1.9.

### Public Class Methods

decode64(data) click to toggle source

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

encode64(data) click to toggle source

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

strict_encode64(value) click to toggle source

Included in Ruby 1.9

    # File lib/active_support/base64.rb, line 29
    def Base64.strict_encode64(value)
      encode64(value).gsub(%r\n/, '')
    end