How can I encode a string to Base64 in Swift?

Question

I want to convert a string to Base64. I found answers in several places, but it does not work anymore in Swift. I am using Xcode 6.2. I believe the answer might be work in p

Answer 1

After all struggle I did like this.

func conversion(str:NSString)
{

    if let decodedData = NSData(base64EncodedString: str as String, options:NSDataBase64DecodingOptions(rawValue: 0)),
        let decodedString = NSString(data: decodedData, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) {

        print(decodedString)//Here we are getting decoded string

After I am calling another function for converting decoded string to dictionary

        self .convertStringToDictionary(decodedString as String)
    }


}//function close

//for string to dictionary

func convertStringToDictionary(text: String) -> [String:AnyObject]? {
    if let data = text.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
        do {
            let json = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: []) as? [String:AnyObject]

            print(json)
            if let stack = json!["cid"]  //getting key value here
            {
                customerID = stack as! String
                print(customerID)
            }

        } catch let error as NSError {
            print(error)
        }
    }
    return nil
}