What is Base64?
Base64 is an encoding scheme that represents binary data as printable ASCII characters. It increases size by ~33% and is commonly used in emails, data URIs, and HTTP Basic Auth.
Common uses
- Encoding images in CSS / HTML data URIs
- HTTP Basic Authentication headers
- JWT token payloads
- Email attachments (MIME)
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