Public/Convert-StringtoBase64.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Converts a plain text string to a Base64 encoded string. .DESCRIPTION The Convert-StringtoBase64 function takes a plain text string input and converts it to a Base64 encoded string using UTF-8 encoding. .PARAMETER InputString The plain text string to be converted to Base64. .EXAMPLE Convert-StringtoBase64 "Hello World" SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ= .EXAMPLE "Test String" | Convert-StringtoBase64 VGVzdCBTdHJpbmc= .INPUTS System.String You can pipe a string value to Convert-StringtoBase64. .OUTPUTS System.String Returns the Base64 encoded string. .Link https://github.com/TheTaylorLee/AdminToolbox #> function Convert-StringtoBase64 { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [string]$InputString ) process { try { $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($InputString) $encodedText = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes) Write-Output $encodedText } catch { Write-Error "Failed to encode string to Base64: $_" } } } |