1 /* gbase64.c - Base64 encoding/decoding
3 * Copyright (C) 2006 Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
4 * Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Ximian Inc.
6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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14 * Library General Public License for more details.
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21 * This is based on code in camel, written by:
22 * Michael Zucchi <notzed@ximian.com>
23 * Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj@ximian.com>
37 * SECTION:base64 Base64 Encoding
38 * @short_description: encodes and decodes data in Base64 format
40 * Base64 is an encoding that allows a sequence of arbitrary bytes to be
41 * encoded as a sequence of printable ASCII characters. For the definition
42 * of Base64, see <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1421.txt">RFC
43 * 1421</ulink> or <ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt">RFC
44 * 2045</ulink>. Base64 is most commonly used as a MIME transfer encoding
47 * GLib supports incremental encoding using g_base64_encode_step() and
48 * g_base64_encode_close(). Incremental decoding can be done with
49 * g_base64_decode_step(). To encode or decode data in one go, use
50 * g_base64_encode() or g_base64_decode(). To avoid memory allocation when
51 * decoding, you can use g_base64_decode_inplace().
53 * Support for Base64 encoding has been added in GLib 2.12.
56 static const char base64_alphabet[] =
57 "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
60 * g_base64_encode_step:
61 * @in: the binary data to encode
62 * @len: the length of @in
63 * @break_lines: whether to break long lines
64 * @out: pointer to destination buffer
65 * @state: Saved state between steps, initialize to 0
66 * @save: Saved state between steps, initialize to 0
68 * Incrementally encode a sequence of binary data into its Base-64 stringified
69 * representation. By calling this function multiple times you can convert
70 * data in chunks to avoid having to have the full encoded data in memory.
72 * When all of the data has been converted you must call
73 * g_base64_encode_close() to flush the saved state.
75 * The output buffer must be large enough to fit all the data that will
76 * be written to it. Due to the way base64 encodes you will need
77 * at least: (@len / 3 + 1) * 4 + 4 bytes (+ 4 may be needed in case of
78 * non-zero state). If you enable line-breaking you will need at least:
79 * ((@len / 3 + 1) * 4 + 4) / 72 + 1 bytes of extra space.
81 * @break_lines is typically used when putting base64-encoded data in emails.
82 * It breaks the lines at 72 columns instead of putting all of the text on
83 * the same line. This avoids problems with long lines in the email system.
85 * Return value: The number of bytes of output that was written
90 g_base64_encode_step (const guchar *in,
100 g_return_val_if_fail (in != NULL, 0);
101 g_return_val_if_fail (out != NULL, 0);
102 g_return_val_if_fail (state != NULL, 0);
103 g_return_val_if_fail (save != NULL, 0);
111 if (len + ((char *) save) [0] > 2)
113 const guchar *inend = in+len-2;
119 switch (((char *) save) [0])
122 c1 = ((unsigned char *) save) [1];
125 c1 = ((unsigned char *) save) [1];
126 c2 = ((unsigned char *) save) [2];
131 * yes, we jump into the loop, no i'm not going to change it,
134 while (inptr < inend)
141 *outptr++ = base64_alphabet [ c1 >> 2 ];
142 *outptr++ = base64_alphabet [ c2 >> 4 |
144 *outptr++ = base64_alphabet [ ((c2 &0x0f) << 2) |
146 *outptr++ = base64_alphabet [ c3 & 0x3f ];
147 /* this is a bit ugly ... */
148 if (break_lines && (++already) >= 19)
155 ((char *)save)[0] = 0;
156 len = 2 - (inptr - inend);
164 /* points to the slot for the next char to save */
165 saveout = & (((char *)save)[1]) + ((char *)save)[0];
167 /* len can only be 0 1 or 2 */
170 case 2: *saveout++ = *inptr++;
171 case 1: *saveout++ = *inptr++;
173 ((char *)save)[0] += len;
180 * g_base64_encode_close:
181 * @break_lines: whether to break long lines
182 * @out: pointer to destination buffer
183 * @state: Saved state from g_base64_encode_step()
184 * @save: Saved state from g_base64_encode_step()
186 * Flush the status from a sequence of calls to g_base64_encode_step().
188 * The output buffer must be large enough to fit all the data that will
189 * be written to it. It will need up to 4 bytes, or up to 5 bytes if
190 * line-breaking is enabled.
192 * Return value: The number of bytes of output that was written
197 g_base64_encode_close (gboolean break_lines,
205 g_return_val_if_fail (out != NULL, 0);
206 g_return_val_if_fail (state != NULL, 0);
207 g_return_val_if_fail (save != NULL, 0);
209 c1 = ((unsigned char *) save) [1];
210 c2 = ((unsigned char *) save) [2];
212 switch (((char *) save) [0])
215 outptr [2] = base64_alphabet[ ( (c2 &0x0f) << 2 ) ];
216 g_assert (outptr [2] != 0);
221 outptr [0] = base64_alphabet [ c1 >> 2 ];
222 outptr [1] = base64_alphabet [ c2 >> 4 | ( (c1&0x3) << 4 )];
238 * @data: the binary data to encode
239 * @len: the length of @data
241 * Encode a sequence of binary data into its Base-64 stringified
244 * Return value: a newly allocated, zero-terminated Base-64 encoded
245 * string representing @data. The returned string must
246 * be freed with g_free().
251 g_base64_encode (const guchar *data,
255 gint state = 0, outlen;
258 g_return_val_if_fail (data != NULL, NULL);
259 g_return_val_if_fail (len > 0, NULL);
261 /* We can use a smaller limit here, since we know the saved state is 0,
262 +1 is needed for trailing \0, also check for unlikely integer overflow */
263 if (len >= ((G_MAXSIZE - 1) / 4 - 1) * 3)
264 g_error("%s: input too large for Base64 encoding (%"G_GSIZE_FORMAT" chars)",
267 out = g_malloc ((len / 3 + 1) * 4 + 1);
269 outlen = g_base64_encode_step (data, len, FALSE, out, &state, &save);
270 outlen += g_base64_encode_close (FALSE, out + outlen, &state, &save);
273 return (gchar *) out;
276 static const unsigned char mime_base64_rank[256] = {
277 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
278 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
279 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255, 62,255,255,255, 63,
280 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,255,255,255, 0,255,255,
281 255, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
282 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,255,255,255,255,255,
283 255, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
284 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51,255,255,255,255,255,
285 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
286 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
287 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
288 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
289 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
290 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
291 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
292 255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,
296 * g_base64_decode_step:
297 * @in: binary input data
298 * @len: max length of @in data to decode
299 * @out: output buffer
300 * @state: Saved state between steps, initialize to 0
301 * @save: Saved state between steps, initialize to 0
303 * Incrementally decode a sequence of binary data from its Base-64 stringified
304 * representation. By calling this function multiple times you can convert
305 * data in chunks to avoid having to have the full encoded data in memory.
307 * The output buffer must be large enough to fit all the data that will
308 * be written to it. Since base64 encodes 3 bytes in 4 chars you need
309 * at least: (@len / 4) * 3 + 3 bytes (+ 3 may be needed in case of non-zero
312 * Return value: The number of bytes of output that was written
317 g_base64_decode_step (const gchar *in,
331 g_return_val_if_fail (in != NULL, 0);
332 g_return_val_if_fail (out != NULL, 0);
333 g_return_val_if_fail (state != NULL, 0);
334 g_return_val_if_fail (save != NULL, 0);
339 inend = (const guchar *)in+len;
342 /* convert 4 base64 bytes to 3 normal bytes */
345 inptr = (const guchar *)in;
346 last[0] = last[1] = 0;
347 while (inptr < inend)
350 rank = mime_base64_rank [c];
377 * @text: zero-terminated string with base64 text to decode
378 * @out_len: The length of the decoded data is written here
380 * Decode a sequence of Base-64 encoded text into binary data
382 * Return value: a newly allocated buffer containing the binary data
383 * that @text represents. The returned buffer must
384 * be freed with g_free().
389 g_base64_decode (const gchar *text,
397 g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
398 g_return_val_if_fail (out_len != NULL, NULL);
400 input_length = strlen (text);
402 g_return_val_if_fail (input_length > 1, NULL);
404 /* We can use a smaller limit here, since we know the saved state is 0,
405 +1 used to avoid calling g_malloc0(0), and hence retruning NULL */
406 ret = g_malloc0 ((input_length / 4) * 3 + 1);
408 *out_len = g_base64_decode_step (text, input_length, ret, &state, &save);
414 * g_base64_decode_inplace:
415 * @text: zero-terminated string with base64 text to decode
416 * @out_len: The length of the decoded data is written here
418 * Decode a sequence of Base-64 encoded text into binary data
419 * by overwriting the input data.
421 * Return value: The binary data that @text responds. This pointer
422 * is the same as the input @text.
427 g_base64_decode_inplace (gchar *text,
430 gint input_length, state = 0;
433 g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
434 g_return_val_if_fail (out_len != NULL, NULL);
436 input_length = strlen (text);
438 g_return_val_if_fail (input_length > 1, NULL);
440 *out_len = g_base64_decode_step (text, input_length, (guchar *) text, &state, &save);
442 return (guchar *) text;
446 #define __G_BASE64_C__
447 #include "galiasdef.c"