auto_b64decode¶

privex.helpers.crypto.base.auto_b64decode(data: Union[str, bytes], urlsafe: bool = True) → bytes [source]¶

Determines if data is base64 encoded. If it is, then it will decode it and return the decoded bytes. Otherwise, it will return the original data as bytes.

Example usage

>>> a = b'dGVzdGluZw=='
>>> b = 'hello world'
>>> auto_b64decode(a)  # This is detected to be Base64 encoded, and so the decoded data is returned
b'testing'
>>> auto_b64decode(b)  # This does not appear to be Base64, and so is returned as normal (but as bytes)
b'hello world'

Parameters

data (str|bytes) – Data to check for base64, and decode if required
urlsafe (bool) – (Default: True) Use base64.urlsafe_b64decode(), instead of plain base64.b64decode()

Return bytes data

If data was base64, this will be the decoded bytes. Otherwise, the original data as bytes.