linux man page for base64

base64(3erl)						     Erlang Module Definition						      base64(3erl)

NAME
       base64 - Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

DESCRIPTION
       Implements base 64 encode and decode, see RFC2045.

EXPORTS
       encode(Data) -> Base64
       encode_to_string(Data) -> Base64String

	      Types  Data = string() | binary()
		     Base64 = binary()
		     Base64String = string()

	      Encodes a plain ASCII string into base64. The result will be 33% larger than the data.

       decode(Base64) -> Data
       decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString
       mime_decode(Base64) -> Data
       mime_decode_to_string(Base64) -> DataString

	      Types  Base64 = string() | binary()
		     Data = binary()
		     DataString = string()

	      Decodes  a  base64 encoded string to plain ASCII. See RFC4648. mime_decode/1 and mime_decode_to_string/1 strips away illegal charac-
	      ters, while decode/1 and decode_to_string/1 only strips away whitespace characters.

Ericsson AB							   stdlib 1.17.3						      base64(3erl)