NAME

       base64 - Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

DESCRIPTION

       Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

DATA TYPES

       ascii_string() = [1..255]

       ascii_binary() = binary()

              A binary() with ASCII characters in the range 1 to 255.

EXPORTS

       encode(Data) -> Base64

       encode_to_string(Data) -> Base64String

              Types:

                 Data = ascii_string() | ascii_binary()
                 Base64 = ascii_binary()
                 Base64String = ascii_string()

              Encodes  a  plain  ASCII string into base64. The result will be 33% larger than the
              data.

       decode(Base64) -> Data

       decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString

       mime_decode(Base64) -> Data

       mime_decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString

              Types:

                 Base64 = ascii_string() | ascii_binary()
                 Data = ascii_binary()
                 DataString = ascii_string()

              Decodes a base64 encoded string to plain  ASCII.  See  RFC4648.  mime_decode/1  and
              mime_decode_to_string/1   strips   away  illegal  characters,  while  decode/1  and
              decode_to_string/1 only strips away whitespace characters.