nwaku/examples/cpp/base64.cpp

#include <vector>
#include "base64.h"

// Base64 encoding
// source: https://nachtimwald.com/2017/11/18/base64-encode-and-decode-in-c/
size_t b64_encoded_size(size_t inlen)
{
	size_t ret;

	ret = inlen;
	if (inlen % 3 != 0)
		ret += 3 - (inlen % 3);
	ret /= 3;
	ret *= 4;

	return ret;
}

const char b64chars[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";

void b64_encode(char* in, size_t len, std::vector<char>& out)
{
	size_t  elen;
	size_t  i;
	size_t  j;
	size_t  v;

	if (in == NULL || len == 0)
		return;

	elen = b64_encoded_size(len);
	out.reserve(elen+1);

	for (i=0, j=0; i<len; i+=3, j+=4) {
		v = in[i];
		v = i+1 < len ? v << 8 | in[i+1] : v << 8;
		v = i+2 < len ? v << 8 | in[i+2] : v << 8;

		out[j]   = b64chars[(v >> 18) & 0x3F];
		out[j+1] = b64chars[(v >> 12) & 0x3F];
		if (i+1 < len) {
			out[j+2] = b64chars[(v >> 6) & 0x3F];
		} else {
			out[j+2] = '=';
		}
		if (i+2 < len) {
			out[j+3] = b64chars[v & 0x3F];
		} else {
			out[j+3] = '=';
		}
	}
}