Encode a ByteString value as Base64 Text with padding.
See: RFC-4648 section 4
Examples:
encodeBase64 "Sun""U3Vu"
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Modulebase64-1.0Haskell2010
This module contains ByteString-valued combinators for implementing the RFC 4648 specification of the Base64 encoding format. This includes lenient decoding variants, as well as internal and external validation for canonicity.
Encode a ByteString value as Base64 Text with padding.
See: RFC-4648 section 4
encodeBase64 "Sun""U3Vu"
Encode a ByteString value as a Base64 ByteString value with padding.
See: RFC-4648 section 4
encodeBase64' "Sun""U3Vu"
Decode a padded Base64-encoded ByteString value.
See: RFC-4648 section 4
decodeBase64 $ assertBase64 @'StdPadded "U3Vu""Sun"
Decode a padded untyped Base64-encoded ByteString value.
See: RFC-4648 section 4
decodeBase64Untyped "U3Vu"Right "Sun"
decodeBase64Untyped "U3V"Left "Base64-encoded bytestring requires padding"
decodeBase64Untyped "U3V="Left "non-canonical encoding detected at offset: 2"
Leniently decode an unpadded Base64-encoded ByteString value. This function will not generate parse errors. If input data contains padding chars, then the input will be parsed up until the first pad character.
Note: This is not RFC 4648-compliant.
decodeBase64Lenient "U3Vu""Sun"
decodeBase64Lenient "U3V""Su"
decodeBase64Lenient "U3V=""Su"
Tell whether a ByteString value is base64 encoded.
This function will also detect non-canonical encodings such as ZE==, which are
externally valid Base64-encoded values, but are internally inconsistent "impossible"
values.
isBase64 "U3Vu"True
isBase64 "U3V"False
isBase64 "U3V="False
Tell whether a ByteString value is a valid Base64 format.
This will not tell you whether or not this is a correct Base64 representation, only that it conforms to the correct shape. To check whether it is a true Base64 encoded ByteString value, use isBase64.
isValidBase64 "U3Vu"True
isValidBase64 "U3V"True
isValidBase64 "U3V="True
isValidBase64 "%"False