base64

---
title: "Base64"
lang: "en-US"
draft: false
description: "Learn about how to set up a VDP Base64 operator https://github.com/instill-ai/instill-core"
---

The Base64 component is an operator that allows users to encode or decode a string in Base64 format.
It can carry out the following tasks:

- [Encode](#encode)
- [Decode](#decode)

## Release Stage

`Alpha`

## Configuration

The component configuration is defined and maintained [here](https://github.com/instill-ai/component/blob/main/pkg/operator/base64/v0/config/definition.json).

## Supported Tasks

### Encode

Encode data into base64 string

| Input | ID | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Task ID (required) | `task` | string | `TASK_ENCODE` |
| Data (required) | `data` | string | Data to be encoded |

| Output | ID | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Data | `data` | string | Data |

### Decode

Decode the base64 string.

| Input | ID | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Task ID (required) | `task` | string | `TASK_DECODE` |
| Data (required) | `data` | string | Base64 string to be decoded |

| Output | ID | Type | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Data | `data` | string | Data |