MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)

NAME

       MIME::Base64::URLSafe - Perl version of Python's URL-safe base64 codec

SYNOPSIS

	 use MIME::Base64::URLSafe;

	 $encoded = urlsafe_b64encode('Alladdin: open sesame');
	 $decoded = urlsafe_b64decode($encoded);

DESCRIPTION

       This module is a perl version of python's URL-safe base64 encoder / decoder.

       When embedding binary data in URL, it is preferable to use base64 encoding.  However, two characters ('+' and '/') used in the standard
       base64 encoding have special meanings in URLs, often leading to re-encoding with URL-encoding, or worse, interoperability problems.

       To overcome the problem, the module provides a variation of base64 codec compatible with python's urlsafe_b64encode / urlsafe_b64decode.

       Modification rules from base64:

	   use '-' and '_' instead of '+' and '/'
	   no line feeds
	   no trailing equals (=)

       The following functions are provided:

	   urlsafe_b64encode($str)
	   urlsafe_b64decode($str)

       If you prefer not to import these routines to your namespace, you can call them as:

	   use MIME::Base64::URLSafe ();
	   $encoded = MIME::Base64::URLSafe::encode($decoded);
	   $decoded = MIME::Base64::URLSafe::decode($encoded);

SEE ALSO

       MIME::Base64

       Fore more discussion on using base64 encoding in URL applications, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#URL_Applications

AUTHOR

       Kazuho Oku <kazuho ___at___ labs.cybozu.co.jp>

       Copyright (C) 2006 Cybozu Labs, Inc.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.8.8							    2006-01-05						MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)