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<span id="base64-base16-base32-base64-base85-data-encodings"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">base64</span></code> — Base16, Base32, Base64, Base85 Data Encodings<a class="headerlink" href="#module-base64" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p>The modern interface provides:</p>
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b64encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">altchars</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b64encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using Base64 and return the encoded
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<p>Optional <em>altchars</em> must be a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> of length 2 which
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specifies an alternative alphabet for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">+</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> characters.
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This allows an application to e.g. generate URL or filesystem safe Base64
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strings. The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, for which the standard Base64 alphabet is used.</p>
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<p>May assert or raise a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> if the length of <em>altchars</em> is not 2. Raises a
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b64decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">altchars</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">validate</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b64decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Decode the Base64 encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string
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<em>s</em> and return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
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<p>Optional <em>altchars</em> must be a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string
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<p>A <a class="reference internal" href="binascii.html#binascii.Error" title="binascii.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binascii.Error</span></code></a> exception is raised
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if <em>s</em> is incorrectly padded.</p>
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<p>If <em>validate</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> (the default), characters that are neither
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these non-alphabet characters in the input result in a
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<p>For more information about the strict base64 check, see <a class="reference internal" href="binascii.html#binascii.a2b_base64" title="binascii.a2b_base64"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binascii.a2b_base64()</span></code></a></p>
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<p>May assert or raise a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> if the length of <em>altchars</em> is not 2.</p>
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">standard_b64encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.standard_b64encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Encode <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using the standard Base64 alphabet
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and return the encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.standard_b64decode">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">standard_b64decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.standard_b64decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Decode <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>s</em> using the standard
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Base64 alphabet and return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">urlsafe_b64encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.urlsafe_b64encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using the
|
||
URL- and filesystem-safe alphabet, which
|
||
substitutes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">+</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> in the
|
||
standard Base64 alphabet, and return the encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>. The result
|
||
can still contain <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">=</span></code>.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.urlsafe_b64decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">urlsafe_b64decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.urlsafe_b64decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>s</em>
|
||
using the URL- and filesystem-safe
|
||
alphabet, which substitutes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">+</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_</span></code> instead of
|
||
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> in the standard Base64 alphabet, and return the decoded
|
||
<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b32encode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b32encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b32encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using Base32 and return the
|
||
encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b32decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b32decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">casefold</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">map01</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b32decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the Base32 encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>s</em> and
|
||
return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>Optional <em>casefold</em> is a flag specifying
|
||
whether a lowercase alphabet is acceptable as input. For security purposes,
|
||
the default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.</p>
|
||
<p><span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648.html"><strong>RFC 4648</strong></a> allows for optional mapping of the digit 0 (zero) to the letter O
|
||
(oh), and for optional mapping of the digit 1 (one) to either the letter I (eye)
|
||
or letter L (el). The optional argument <em>map01</em> when not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, specifies
|
||
which letter the digit 1 should be mapped to (when <em>map01</em> is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the
|
||
digit 0 is always mapped to the letter O). For security purposes the default is
|
||
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, so that 0 and 1 are not allowed in the input.</p>
|
||
<p>A <a class="reference internal" href="binascii.html#binascii.Error" title="binascii.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binascii.Error</span></code></a> is raised if <em>s</em> is
|
||
incorrectly padded or if there are non-alphabet characters present in the
|
||
input.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b32hexencode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b32hexencode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b32hexencode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#base64.b32encode" title="base64.b32encode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b32encode()</span></code></a> but uses the Extended Hex Alphabet, as defined in
|
||
<span class="target" id="index-7"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648.html"><strong>RFC 4648</strong></a>.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.10.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b32hexdecode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b32hexdecode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">casefold</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b32hexdecode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#base64.b32decode" title="base64.b32decode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b32decode()</span></code></a> but uses the Extended Hex Alphabet, as defined in
|
||
<span class="target" id="index-8"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648.html"><strong>RFC 4648</strong></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>This version does not allow the digit 0 (zero) to the letter O (oh) and digit
|
||
1 (one) to either the letter I (eye) or letter L (el) mappings, all these
|
||
characters are included in the Extended Hex Alphabet and are not
|
||
interchangeable.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.10.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b16encode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b16encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b16encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using Base16 and return the
|
||
encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b16decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b16decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">casefold</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b16decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the Base16 encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>s</em> and
|
||
return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>Optional <em>casefold</em> is a flag specifying whether a
|
||
lowercase alphabet is acceptable as input. For security purposes, the default
|
||
is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>.</p>
|
||
<p>A <a class="reference internal" href="binascii.html#binascii.Error" title="binascii.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binascii.Error</span></code></a> is raised if <em>s</em> is
|
||
incorrectly padded or if there are non-alphabet characters present in the
|
||
input.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.a85encode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">a85encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">b</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">foldspaces</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wrapcol</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">0</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pad</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">adobe</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.a85encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>b</em> using Ascii85 and return the
|
||
encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p><em>foldspaces</em> is an optional flag that uses the special short sequence ‘y’
|
||
instead of 4 consecutive spaces (ASCII 0x20) as supported by ‘btoa’. This
|
||
feature is not supported by the “standard” Ascii85 encoding.</p>
|
||
<p><em>wrapcol</em> controls whether the output should have newline (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b'\n'</span></code>)
|
||
characters added to it. If this is non-zero, each output line will be
|
||
at most this many characters long, excluding the trailing newline.</p>
|
||
<p><em>pad</em> controls whether the input is padded to a multiple of 4
|
||
before encoding. Note that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">btoa</span></code> implementation always pads.</p>
|
||
<p><em>adobe</em> controls whether the encoded byte sequence is framed with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><~</span></code>
|
||
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~></span></code>, which is used by the Adobe implementation.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.a85decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">a85decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">b</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">foldspaces</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">adobe</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">ignorechars</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">b'</span> <span class="pre">\t\n\r\x0b'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.a85decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the Ascii85 encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>b</em> and
|
||
return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p><em>foldspaces</em> is a flag that specifies whether the ‘y’ short sequence
|
||
should be accepted as shorthand for 4 consecutive spaces (ASCII 0x20).
|
||
This feature is not supported by the “standard” Ascii85 encoding.</p>
|
||
<p><em>adobe</em> controls whether the input sequence is in Adobe Ascii85 format
|
||
(i.e. is framed with <~ and ~>).</p>
|
||
<p><em>ignorechars</em> should be a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string
|
||
containing characters to ignore
|
||
from the input. This should only contain whitespace characters, and by
|
||
default contains all whitespace characters in ASCII.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b85encode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b85encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">b</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pad</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b85encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>b</em> using base85 (as used in e.g.
|
||
git-style binary diffs) and return the encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p>
|
||
<p>If <em>pad</em> is true, the input is padded with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b'\0'</span></code> so its length is a
|
||
multiple of 4 bytes before encoding.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.b85decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">b85decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">b</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.b85decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the base85-encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>b</em> and
|
||
return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>. Padding is implicitly removed, if
|
||
necessary.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.z85encode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">z85encode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.z85encode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Encode the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> <em>s</em> using Z85 (as used in ZeroMQ)
|
||
and return the encoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>. See <a class="reference external" href="https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/32/">Z85 specification</a> for more information.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.z85decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">z85decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.z85decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the Z85-encoded <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytes-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">bytes-like object</span></a> or ASCII string <em>s</em> and
|
||
return the decoded <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>. See <a class="reference external" href="https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/32/">Z85 specification</a> for more information.</p>
|
||
<div class="versionadded">
|
||
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>The legacy interface:</p>
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.decode">
|
||
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">decode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">input</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">output</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.decode" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decode the contents of the binary <em>input</em> file and write the resulting binary
|
||
data to the <em>output</em> file. <em>input</em> and <em>output</em> must be <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file objects</span></a>. <em>input</em> will be read until <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">input.readline()</span></code> returns an
|
||
empty bytes object.</p>
|
||
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
||
<dl class="py function">
|
||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="base64.decodebytes">
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">base64.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">decodebytes</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#base64.decodebytes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Encode the contents of the binary <em>input</em> file and write the resulting base64
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an empty bytes object. <a class="reference internal" href="#base64.encode" title="base64.encode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">encode()</span></code></a> inserts a newline character (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b'\n'</span></code>)
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always ends with a newline, as per <span class="target" id="index-9"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045.html"><strong>RFC 2045</strong></a> (MIME).</p>
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(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">b'\n'</span></code>) inserted after every 76 bytes of output, and ensuring that
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there is a trailing newline, as per <span class="target" id="index-10"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2045.html"><strong>RFC 2045</strong></a> (MIME).</p>
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<span class="go">b'ZGF0YSB0byBiZSBlbmNvZGVk'</span>
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