Badger...:Base64(3pm)

💖 Badger::Codec::Base64 💖

okay bestie, so this page is literally the manual for Badger::Codec::Base64(3pm), part of the Perl docs — and no cap, it's the cutest tiny little codec you ever did see. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Badger::Codec::Base64 — encode/decode data using MIME::Base64 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Badger::Codec::Base64;
my $codec   = Badger::Codec::Base64->new();
my $encoded = $codec->encode("Hello World");
my $decoded = $codec->decode($encoded);

like… look at her. four lines. iconic. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this module is a subclass of Badger::Codec, and what she does is she borrows the encode_base64 and decode_base64 subroutines from the MIME::Base64 module to encode and decode your data. that's the whole gig fr fr 🌸

she is a very thin wrapper around MIME::Base64 — like, gossamer-thin, sheer, barely there 💀 — and she offers no functional advantage over it. zero. none. she's not trying to out-perform anybody.

so why does she even exist?? because she provides a consistent API with the other Badger::Codec modules 🫶 that's it. that's the reason. she's here for the vibes and for the interface consistency, and honestly? relatable. 👑

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✨ METHODS ✨

🌈 encode($data)

encodes the data referenced by the first argument using encode_base64() 💖

$encoded = Badger::Codec::Base64->encode($data);

🌈 decode($data)

decodes the encoded data passed as the first argument using decode_base64() ✨

$decoded = Badger::Codec::Base64->decode($encoded);

🌈 encoder()

this method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the encoding work, i.e. the encode_base64() method in MIME::Base64 🔥 like, she's not taking credit for the labor, she's just handing you the plug.

🌈 decoder()

this method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the decoding work, i.e. the decode_base64() method in MIME::Base64 🦋 same energy, other direction.

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Andy Wardley <http://wardley.org/> 💜

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✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Andy Wardley. All rights reserved. 🎀

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Badger::Codecs
• Badger::Codec
• MIME::Base64

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and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left absolutely no crumbs 🍓✨ this was Badger::Codec::Base64, shipped as part of perl v5.36.0, dated 2023-08-28 — mwah, ily, go encode something 💅💖