Data and Math

vbase64

Base64 and hex encoding, for data that has to travel as text.

Released v1.0.0 · 2026-09-28

Import

use "stdlib/base64.ven"

Base64 and hex encoding for data that has to travel as text, built on Venutian's own base64 and hex builtins. It adds the URL and filename safe alphabet, which swaps two characters for ones safe inside a URL or a filename, and hex encoding under the names b16encode and b16decode.

vbase64.ven

encoded = b64encode("hello")
print encoded
print b64decode(encoded)
:: prints: aGVsbG8=
:: prints: hello

Reference (6 functions)

b64encode
b64decode
urlsafe_b64encode
urlsafe_b64decode
b16encode
b16decode

API reference

`b64encode(text)`

encoded = b64encode("hello")
print(encoded)
print(b64decode(encoded))
:: prints: aGVsbG8=
:: prints: hello

`b64decode(text)`

print(b64decode("aGVsbG8="))
:: prints: hello

`urlsafe_b64encode(text)`

print(b64encode("hi??>>"))
print(urlsafe_b64encode("hi??>>"))
:: prints: aGk/Pz4+
:: prints: aGk_Pz4-

`urlsafe_b64decode(text)`

encoded = urlsafe_b64encode("hi??>>")
print(urlsafe_b64decode(encoded))
:: prints: hi??>>

`b16encode(text)`

print(b16encode("zoo"))
:: prints: 7A6F6F

`b16decode(text)`

print(b16decode("7A6F6F"))
print(b16decode(lowercase("7A6F6F")))
:: prints: zoo
:: prints: zoo

API reference

b64encode(text)

b64decode(text)

urlsafe_b64encode(text)

urlsafe_b64decode(text)

b16encode(text)

b16decode(text)

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