Description

The function of base64 is to use 64 strings to represent the binary.

64 characters refer to the following characters:

That is, 26 uppercase English characters + 26 lowercase English characters + 10 numbers + "+" + "/", a total of 64 characters.

But there is actually a " = ", which is used as padding.

There are several reasons for why base64 is used:

1. Invisible characters may be ignored during transmission, resulting in data abnormalities;

2. Some characters have special meanings (such as transfer characters), which may cause abnormal processing;

3. The plain text protocol needs to be used;

4. It may be used when encrypting;

The principle of base64 is not introduced here.

use

Use related codec operations by including base64:

import base64

You can view the content of the base64 module through help:

import base64


if __name__ == "__main__":
    help(base64)

details as follows:

FUNCTIONS
    b16decode(s, casefold=False)
        Decode a Base16 encoded string.

        s is the string to decode. Optional casefold is a flag specifying whether
        a lowercase alphabet is acceptable as input. For security purposes, the
        default is False.

        The decoded string is returned. A TypeError is raised if s is
        incorrectly padded or if there are non-alphabet characters present in the
        string.

    b16encode(s)
        Encode a string using Base16.

        s is the string to encode. The encoded string is returned.

    b32decode(s, casefold=False, map01=None)
        Decode a Base32 encoded string.

        s is the string to decode. Optional casefold is a flag specifying whether
        a lowercase alphabet is acceptable as input. For security purposes, the
        default is False.

        RFC 3548 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 map01 when not None,
        specifies which letter the digit 1 should be mapped to (when map01 is not
        None, the digit 0 is always mapped to the letter O). For security
        purposes the default is None, so that 0 and 1 are not allowed in the
        input.

        The decoded string is returned. A TypeError is raised if s were
        incorrectly padded or if there are non-alphabet characters present in the
        string.

    b32encode(s)
        Encode a string using Base32.

        s is the string to encode. The encoded string is returned.

    b64decode(s, altchars=None)
        Decode a Base64 encoded string.

        s is the string to decode. Optional altchars must be a string of at least
        length 2 (additional characters are ignored) which specifies the
        alternative alphabet used instead of the '+' and '/' characters.

        The decoded string is returned. A TypeError is raised if s is
        incorrectly padded. Characters that are neither in the normal base-64
        alphabet nor the alternative alphabet are discarded prior to the padding
        check.

    b64encode(s, altchars=None)
        Encode a string using Base64.

        s is the string to encode. Optional altchars must be a string of at least
        length 2 (additional characters are ignored) which specifies an
        alternative alphabet for the '+' and '/' characters. This allows an
        application to e.g. generate url or filesystem safe Base64 strings.

        The encoded string is returned.

    decode(input, output)
        Decode a file.

    decodestring(s)
        Decode a string.

    encode(input, output)
        Encode a file.

    encodestring(s)
        Encode a string into multiple lines of base-64 data.

    standard_b64decode(s)
        Decode a string encoded with the standard Base64 alphabet.

        Argument s is the string to decode. The decoded string is returned. A
        TypeError is raised if the string is incorrectly padded. Characters that
        are not in the standard alphabet are discarded prior to the padding
        check.

    standard_b64encode(s)
        Encode a string using the standard Base64 alphabet.

        s is the string to encode. The encoded string is returned.

    urlsafe_b64decode(s)
        Decode a string using the URL- and filesystem-safe Base64 alphabet.

        Argument s is the string to decode. The decoded string is returned. A
        TypeError is raised if the string is incorrectly padded. Characters that
        are not in the URL-safe base-64 alphabet, and are not a plus '+' or slash
        '/', are discarded prior to the padding check.

        The alphabet uses '-' instead of '+' and '_' instead of '/'.

    urlsafe_b64encode(s)
        Encode a string using the URL- and filesystem-safe Base64 alphabet.

        Argument s is the string to encode. The encoded string is returned. The
        alphabet uses '-' instead of '+' and '_' instead of '/'.

There are many functions, but they are inseparable from encoding and decoding. Here is just a simple example:

import base64


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # help(base64)

    str = "#@$#^*^%$*&^*^&%((&^)^&)(*&_)     (*^&^$%^%#"
    enc = base64.b64encode(str)
    dec = base64.b64decode(enc)
    print enc
    print dec

Corresponding printing results:

I0AkI14qXiUkKiZeKl4mJSgoJl4pXiYpKComXykgICAgICgqXiZeJCVeJSM=
#@$#^*^%$*&^*^&%((&^)^&)(*&_)     (*^&^$%^%#

Python application-base64 module

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