Fast, drop-in replacement for Python's base64 module, powered by Rust.
Installation
Using pip:
$ pip install base64-utils
Example
>>> import base64_utils as base64 >>> encoded = base64.b64encode(b'data to be encoded') >>> encoded b'ZGF0YSB0byBiZSBlbmNvZGVk' >>> data = base64.b64decode(encoded) >>> data b'data to be encoded'
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Min | Max | Mean | Min (+) | Max (+) | Mean (+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b64encode (1 KB data) | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.001 (3.6x) | 0.001 (3.8x) | 0.001 (3.7x) |
| b64encode (100 KB data) | 0.307 | 0.325 | 0.318 | 0.047 (6.6x) | 0.061 (5.3x) | 0.050 (6.4x) |
| b64encode (1 MB data) | 3.383 | 3.456 | 3.411 | 0.447 (7.6x) | 0.487 (7.1x) | 0.467 (7.3x) |
| b64encode (altchars + 100 KB data) | 0.472 | 0.490 | 0.483 | 0.303 (1.6x) | 0.320 (1.5x) | 0.313 (1.5x) |
| b64decode (100 KB data) | 0.512 | 0.569 | 0.538 | 0.110 (4.7x) | 0.125 (4.5x) | 0.117 (4.6x) |