simple_decode_base64: Simple decoder base64

In DavidPatShuiFong/dMeasure: case finding in the EMR (Best Practice)

Simple decoder base64

Description

Simple decoder of text strings, will output a text string. Uses sodium library and base64_enc/dec from jsonlite. Has some defaults, but will also take command-line arguments or read from environment. Companion function to simple_encode

Usage

simple_decode_base64(msg, key = NULL, nonce = NULL)

Arguments

msg	the text to decode
key	the cipher, which can be set manually, otherwise will read from env
nonce	a non-secret unique data value used to randomize the cipher

Value

- the encrypted text

returns NA for elements of msg which are NA, or "" empty string. note that simple_encode will ENCRYPT an empty string "".

returns NULL if failure to decode e.g. invalid base64 decode

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