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Does python have an equivalent to Javascript's 'btoa'

I'm trying to find an exact equivalent to javascript's function 'btoa', as I want to encode a password as base64. It appears that there are many options however, as listed here:

https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/base64.html

Is there an exact equivalent to 'btoa' in python?

Solution

  • Python's Base64:

    import base64

encoded = base64.b64encode(b'Hello World!')
print(encoded)

# value of encoded is SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh

    Javascript's btoa:

    var str = "Hello World!";
var enc = window.btoa(str);

var res = enc;

// value of res is SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh

    As you can see they both produce the same result.