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Base64

Must be included via require.

base64.encode​

Returns a base64-encoded string.

Parameters​

  1. data — A string of data to encode.
  2. pad — Whether or not to apply padding. Defaults to true.
local base64 = require("base64")
print(base64.encode("Hello, World!")) --> SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==

base64.decode​

Returns a decoded base64 string.

Parameters​

  1. data — A string of base64 data.
local base64 = require("base64")
print(base64.decode("SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==")) --> Hello, world!

base64.urlencode​

Returns a base64url-encoded string. This variant is sometimes refered to as filename safe base64.

Parameters​

  1. data — A string of data to encode.
  2. pad — Whether or not to apply padding. Defaults to false.
local base64 = require("base64")
print(base64.urlencode("Hello, World!")) --> SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ

base64.urldecode​

Similar to base64.decode except for base64url.

Parameters​

  1. data — A string of base64 data.
local base64 = require("base64")
print(base64.urldecode("SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ")) --> Hello, world!