b64

b64

A small utility to convert files to and from base64

In my work I need from time to time to convert a file to base64 to send via a REST API using curl and sometimes convert back to the original format. I could do this using uuencode or with a single line in Python but it is more fun and instructive to write my own utility.

Install

go get github.com/go-br/b64

Examples of use

Encodes fileName to base64 and sends the content to screen

b64 fileName

Decode a base64 file and show the content on the screen

b64 -decode fileName

Encodes a file to base64 and saves the contents to a file pointed by -output

b64 -output=fileName.b64 fileName

Contributing

• Fork the repo on GitHub
• Clone the project to your own machine
• Create a branch with your modifications git checkout -b fantastic-feature.
• Then commit your changes git commit -m 'Implementation of new fantastic feature'
• Make a push to your branch git push origin fantastic-feature.
• Submit a Pull Request so that we can review your changes