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Function: base64.encode
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Encodes given bytes to Base64 text.
Arguments
Arguments
data
bytes
The input to be encoded.
padding
boolean
Specifies whether padding characters should be used to align the output to a multiple of 4 bytes (default: true).
Returns
The encoded Base64 output, as a string.
Examples
For more information, see
Returning bytes .
# Encode message to JSON bytes, then encode bytes to Base64 text
- init :
assign :
- project : '${sys.get_env("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID")}'
- topic : TOPIC_ID
- message :
hello : world
- base64Msg : '${base64.encode(json.encode(message))}'
- publish_message_to_topic : # publishes message to Pub/Sub topic
call : googleapis.pubsub.v1.projects.topics.publish
args :
topic : '${"projects/" + project + "/topics/" + topic}'
body :
messages :
- data : '${base64Msg}'
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