base64> ( base64 -- seq )
Base64 conversions

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Vocabulary
base64

Inputs

base64

a string of base64 characters

Outputs

seq	a sequence

Word description
Converts a string in Base64 encoding back into its binary representation.

Examples

USING: prettyprint base64 strings ; "VGhlIG1vbm9yYWlsIGlzIGEgZnJlZSBzZXJ2aWNlLg==" base64> >string .
"The monorail is a free service."

Notes
This word will throw if the input string contains characters other than those allowed in base64 encodings.

See also
>base64, >base64-lines

Definition

USING: base64.private io.encodings.binary io.streams.byte-array
;

IN: base64

: base64> ( base64 -- seq )
    binary [
        ensure-decode-length binary
        [ decode-base64 ] with-byte-reader
    ] with-byte-writer ;