Src/ConvertTo-Base64.ps1
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function ConvertTo-Base64 { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts a UTF string to Base64 .DESCRIPTION Delegates to the underlying System.Text.Encoding and System.Convert classes to convert the UTF8 input string to a byte[] and then back to Base64 .PARAMETER String Specifies the UTF8 string value .INPUTS System.String .OUTPUTS System.String .EXAMPLE PS> ConvertTo-Base64 -String 'test string' 'dGVzdCBzdHJpbmc=' .EXAMPLE PS> 'test string' | ConvertFrom-Base64 'dGVzdCBzdHJpbmc=' .LINK https://github.com/charliebillen/ConvertBase64Strings #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [string] $String ) process { $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($String) [Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes) } } |