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46 lines
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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{base64}}
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\label{module-base64}
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\stmodindex{base64}
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\indexii{base-64}{encoding}
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\index{MIME!base 64 encoding}
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This module perform base-64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary
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strings into text strings that can be safely emailed or posted. The
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encoding scheme is defined in \rfc{1421} and is used for MIME email and
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various other Internet-related applications; it is not the same as the
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output produced by the \file{uuencode} program. For example, the
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string \code{'www.python.org'} is encoded as the string
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\code{'d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\e n'}.
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\setindexsubitem{(in module base64)}
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\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input, output}
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Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting
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binary data to the \var{output} file.
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\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that
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mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until
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\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{decodestring}{s}
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Decode the string \var{s}, which must contain one or more lines of
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base-64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting
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binary data.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input, output}
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Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting
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base-64 encoded data to the \var{output} file.
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\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that
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mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until
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\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{encodestring}{s}
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Encode the string \var{s}, which can contain arbitrary binary data,
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and return a string containing one or more lines of
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base-64 encoded data.
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\end{funcdesc}
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