public/ScriptProcessing/ConvertTo-Base64.ps1
function ConvertTo-Base64 { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts a String into a base64 string .COMPONENT ScriptProcessing .DESCRIPTION This function converts a string into its base64 representation. .EXAMPLE PS> ConvertTo-Base64 'Chuchichäschtli' Q2h1Y2hpY2jDpHNjaHRsaQ== .EXAMPLE PS> 'Chuchichäschtli' | ConvertTo-Base64 -Encoding ([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode) QwBoAHUAYwBoAGkAYwBoAOQAcwBjAGgAdABsAGkA #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $false, HelpUri="https://github.com/pagebox/brickBOX/blob/main/public/ScriptProcessing/ConvertTo-Base64.md")] [OutputType([string])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][string]$TextString, [System.Text.Encoding]$Encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::Utf8 ) process { return [Convert]::ToBase64String($Encoding.GetBytes($TextString)) } } |