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stream-base64

Author

Alejandro Forero Cuervo

Documentation

The stream-base64 egg allows you to encode and decode streams of bytes in base64.

[procedure] (base64-decode stream)

Returns a stream of characters with the contents of stream after decoding them. stream should be a stream of characters encoded in Base64.

[procedure] (base64-encode stream)

Returns a stream of characters with the contents of stream encoded in Base64.

Examples

Encoding a stream

(use stream-base64)

; Encode everything from current-input-port and write it:
(write-stream
  (base64-encode
    (port->stream
      (current-input-port))))

Decoding a stream

(use stream-base64)

; Decode everything from current-input-port and write it:
(write-stream
  (base64-decode
    (port->stream
      (current-input-port))))

Changelog

License

The Base64 egg for Chicken Scheme is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission from its author. Citation of the source is appreciated.