base64_encode: Encode and decode base64

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Encode and decode base64

Description

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

Usage

base64_encode(bin, linebreaks = FALSE)

base64_decode(text)

Arguments

bin	raw or character vector with data to encode into base64
linebreaks	insert linebreaks in the base64 message to make it more readable
text	string with base64 data to decode

Examples

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

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