base64: Encode and Decode base64

In base64: Base64 Encoder and Decoder

Description

Wraps openssl::base64_encode to replace the deprecated implementation by Romain Francois.

Usage

encode(input, output = tempfile(), linebreaks = TRUE)

decode(input, output = tempfile())

Arguments

input	input file
output	output file
linebreaks	insert linebreaks to make output human readable See openssl::base64_encode

Examples

# encode a file
myfile <- R.home("COPYING")
tmp <- tempfile()
base64::encode(myfile, tmp)

# decode it back
orig <- tempfile()
base64::decode(tmp, orig)
readLines(orig)

base64 documentation built on May 30, 2017, 1:26 a.m.