openssl (version 0.4)

base64: Encode and decode base64

Description

Encode and decode binary data into a base64 string. Character vectors are automatically collapse into a single string.

Usage

base64_encode(bin, linebreaks = FALSE)
base64_decode(text)

Arguments

bin

Data to encode. Must be raw or character vector.

linebreaks

Insert linebreaks in the base64 message to make it more readable.

text

The base64 message to decode. Must be a string.

Examples

input <- charToRaw("foo = bar + 5")
message <- base64_encode(input)
output <- base64_decode(message)
identical(output, input)