How do I base64 encode (decode) in C?

Question

I have binary data in an unsigned char variable. I need to convert them to PEM base64 in c. I looked in openssl library but i could not find any function. Does any body have

Answer 1

Here's the decoder I've been using for years...

    static const char  table[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
    static const int   BASE64_INPUT_SIZE = 57;

    BOOL isbase64(char c)
    {
       return c && strchr(table, c) != NULL;
    }

    inline char value(char c)
    {
       const char *p = strchr(table, c);
       if(p) {
          return p-table;
       } else {
          return 0;
       }
    }

    int UnBase64(unsigned char *dest, const unsigned char *src, int srclen)
    {
       *dest = 0;
       if(*src == 0) 
       {
          return 0;
       }
       unsigned char *p = dest;
       do
       {

          char a = value(src[0]);
          char b = value(src[1]);
          char c = value(src[2]);
          char d = value(src[3]);
          *p++ = (a << 2) | (b >> 4);
          *p++ = (b << 4) | (c >> 2);
          *p++ = (c << 6) | d;
          if(!isbase64(src[1])) 
          {
             p -= 2;
             break;
          } 
          else if(!isbase64(src[2])) 
          {
             p -= 2;
             break;
          } 
          else if(!isbase64(src[3])) 
          {
             p--;
             break;
          }
          src += 4;
          while(*src && (*src == 13 || *src == 10)) src++;
       }
       while(srclen-= 4);
       *p = 0;
       return p-dest;
    }