Base64 Encoder

Oct 11, 2021

Base64 Encoder is an online tool to convert text or files to base64. It encodes binary data so that it can be stored and transferred safely. The encoded text does not contain non-printable characters. It only contains ASCII characters. So, you don't have to worry about control characters messing with the syntax of the text formats such as HTML. You can also use this tool to encode audio files.

All processing happens on the client-side, locally in your browser. No data is uploaded.


Input: Paste plain text below

Settings

Decode text or data encoded using Base64 encoding & download the output, all on the client side

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We use Base64 encoding to represent binary data in ASCII characters. It consists of 64 characters, including letters, numbers, and two symbols plus (+) and slash (/). Additionally, the equals sign (=) is the pad character at the end. The typical usage is to embed image data within scripts such as CSS. The cool thing about Base64 is that most programming languages support it natively using built-in APIs. You can decode and encode binary data without importing any external libraries.

In C#, the ToBase64String method of System.Convert class does this. This method takes a byte array as input and returns the result in ASCII string format. Typically, this is some binary data that we cannot transfer over the wire without corruption. However, you can also convert text into byte[] and then encode it using base64. One must question why this is needed because it is not the intended use of the Base-64 encoding scheme. In this form, you are just wasting bytes to represent your text data. Use Base64 strings if you want to perform binary to text encoding and transmit your data safely.

Check out the Programming Languages section below for a list of APIs for other languages. Read more at Wikipedia.

Settings Explained
  • 1. Output Format

    The output format wraps the Base64 in HTML tags, attributes, JSON, and XML. It supports the following output formats.

    Plain text

    Plain text is the default format, and it only generates the base64 string. You have the additional option to wrap long lines by splitting them.

    Data URI

    Generates a Data URI, which also contains the mime type. This URI forms the basis of a lot of the following output formats.

    HTML Audio

    This audio to base64 output format generates an HTML audio tag.

    HTML Embed

    Embeds the output and mime type in an HTML EMBED tag

    HTML HyperLink

    Embeds the output in the HREF attribute of an HTML Anchor tag

    HTML Iframe

    Embeds the output in the SRC attribute of an HTML iframe tag

    HTML Object

    Embeds the output and mime type in an HTML object tag

    HTML Source

    Embeds the output in the SRC attribute an HTML source tag

    JavaScript Audio

    Outputs a JavaScript code that can play the audio when executed

    JavaScript Popup

    Generates a JavaScript code that opens the content as a popup in the browser on click

    JSON

    Generates a JSON text with the mime type and base 64 string as properties of an audio node

    XML

    Generates an XML markup with an audio element

  • 2. Split Long Lines

    Wraps the lines after 75 characters for better viewing when turned on. However, the Copy Output button still copies the text as a single line.

    Split Long Lines On

    TG9yZW0gSXBzdW0gaXMgc2ltcGx5IGR1bW15IHRleHQgb2YgdGhlIHByaW50aW5nIGFuZCB0eX
    Blc2V0dGluZyBpbmR1c3RyeS4gTG9yZW0gSXBzdW0gaGFzIGJlZW4gdGhlIGluZHVzdHJ5J3M=
    Split Long Lines Off

    TG9yZW0gSXBzdW0gaXMgc2ltcGx5IGR1bW15IHRleHQgb2YgdGhlIHByaW50aW5nIGFuZCB0eXBlc2V0dGluZyBpbmR1c3RyeS4gTG9yZW0gSXBzdW0gaGFzIGJlZW4gdGhlIGluZHVzdHJ5J3M=
Example Substitutions
ValueChar
0A
1B
2C
3D
4E
5F
6G
7H
8I
9J
10K
11L
12M
13N
14O
15P
ValueChar
16Q
17R
18S
19T
20U
21V
22W
23X
24Y
25Z
26a
27b
28c
29d
30e
31f
ValueChar
32g
33h
34i
35j
36k
37l
38m
39n
40o
41p
42q
43r
44s
45t
46u
47v
ValueChar
48w
49x
50y
51z
520
531
542
553
564
575
586
597
608
619
62+
63/

How to do Base64 encoding and decoding in various programming languages

    • Language: C#
    • Encode: System.Convert.ToBase64String()
    • Decode: System.Convert.FromBase64String()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation
    • Language: VB .NET
    • Encode: System.Convert.ToBase64String()
    • Decode: System.Convert.FromBase64String()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation
    • Language: Java 8+
    • Encode: java.util.Base64.getEncoder().encode()
    • Decode: java.util.Base64.getDecoder().decode()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation
    • Language: Java 7 or less
    • Encode: org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64()
    • Decode: org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation
    • Language: Python
    • Encode: base64.b64encode()
    • Decode: base64.b64decode()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation
    • Language: Ruby
    • Encode: Base64.encode64()
    • Decode: Base64.decode64()
    • Example: Example
    • Documentation: Documentation

Use Cases
  • Convert MP3 to Base64

    Using this tool, you can convert MP3 files to Base64 and transmit the binary data over a text format such as HTML.

    1. Click the Browse File button
    2. Click the output format
    3. Click the Encode button
    4. The base64 encoded MP3 file will be in the output

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History
Oct 11, 2021
Support for multiple output formats
Oct 27, 2017
Support for uploading & encoding binary files
Apr 1, 2018
Improved handling of binary files
Aug 20, 2017
Tool Launched