How do I encode a string to base64 using only boost?

Question

I\'m trying to quickly encode a simple ASCII string to base64 (Basic HTTP Authentication using boost::asio) and not paste in any new code code or use any libraries beyond bo

Answer 1

Another solution using boost base64 encode decode:

const std::string base64_padding[] = {"", "==","="};
std::string base64_encode(const std::string& s) {
  namespace bai = boost::archive::iterators;

  std::stringstream os;

  // convert binary values to base64 characters
  typedef bai::base64_from_binary
  // retrieve 6 bit integers from a sequence of 8 bit bytes
   > base64_enc; // compose all the above operations in to a new iterator

  std::copy(base64_enc(s.c_str()), base64_enc(s.c_str() + s.size()),
            std::ostream_iterator(os));

  os << base64_padding[s.size() % 3];
  return os.str();
}

std::string base64_decode(const std::string& s) {
  namespace bai = boost::archive::iterators;

  std::stringstream os;

  typedef bai::transform_width, 8, 6> base64_dec;

  unsigned int size = s.size();

  // Remove the padding characters, cf. https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5629
  if (size && s[size - 1] == '=') {
    --size;
    if (size && s[size - 1] == '=') --size;
  }
  if (size == 0) return std::string();

  std::copy(base64_dec(s.data()), base64_dec(s.data() + size),
            std::ostream_iterator(os));

  return os.str();
}

And here are the test cases:

    std::string t_e[TESTSET_SIZE] = {
        ""
      , "M"
      , "Ma"
      , "Man"
      , "pleasure."
      , "leasure."
      , "easure."
      , "asure."
      , "sure."
};
std::string t_d[TESTSET_SIZE] = {
        ""
      , "TQ=="
      , "TWE="
      , "TWFu"
      , "cGxlYXN1cmUu"
      , "bGVhc3VyZS4="
      , "ZWFzdXJlLg=="
      , "YXN1cmUu"
      , "c3VyZS4="
};

Hope this helps