base64 encode decode

base64.h

#include <string>

#ifndef _BASE64_H_
#define _BASE64_H_

std::string base64_encode(unsigned char const* , unsigned int len);
std::string base64_decode(std::string const& s);

#endif

base64.cpp

/*  
  base64.cpp and base64.h 

  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Ren Nyffenegger rene.nyffenegger@adp-gmbh.ch 

*/ 

#include "base64.h" 
#include <iostream> 

static const std::string base64_chars =  
            "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" 
            "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" 
            "0123456789+/"; 


static inline bool is_base64(unsigned char c)  
{ 
 return (isalnum(c) || (c == '+') || (c == '/')); 
} 

std::string base64_encode(unsigned char const* bytes_to_encode, unsigned int in_len)  
{ 
 std::string ret; 
 int i = 0, j = 0; 
 unsigned char char_array_3[3], char_array_4[4]; 

 while (in_len--) 
	{ 
   char_array_3[i++] = *(bytes_to_encode++); 
   if (i == 3)  
		{ 
     char_array_4[0] = (char_array_3[0] & 0xfc) >> 2; 
     char_array_4[1] = ((char_array_3[0] & 0x03) << 4) + ((char_array_3[1] & 0xf0) >> 4); 
     char_array_4[2] = ((char_array_3[1] & 0x0f) << 2) + ((char_array_3[2] & 0xc0) >> 6); 
     char_array_4[3] = char_array_3[2] & 0x3f; 

     for(i = 0; (i <4) ; i++) 
       ret += base64_chars[char_array_4[i]]; 
     i = 0; 
   } 
 } 

 if (i) 
 { 
   for(j = i; j < 3; j++) 
     char_array_3[j] = '\0'; 

   char_array_4[0] = (char_array_3[0] & 0xfc) >> 2; 
   char_array_4[1] = ((char_array_3[0] & 0x03) << 4) + ((char_array_3[1] & 0xf0) >> 4); 
   char_array_4[2] = ((char_array_3[1] & 0x0f) << 2) + ((char_array_3[2] & 0xc0) >> 6); 
   char_array_4[3] = char_array_3[2] & 0x3f; 

   for (j = 0; (j < i + 1); j++) 
     ret += base64_chars[char_array_4[j]]; 

   while((i++ < 3)) 
     ret += '='; 

 } 

 return ret; 

} 

std::string base64_decode(std::string const& encoded_string)  
{ 
 int in_len = encoded_string.size(); 
 int i = 0, j = 0, in_ = 0; 
 unsigned char char_array_4[4], char_array_3[3]; 
 std::string ret; 

 while (in_len-- && ( encoded_string[in_] != '=') && is_base64(encoded_string[in_]))  
	{ 
   char_array_4[i++] = encoded_string[in_]; in_++; 
   if (i ==4) { 
     for (i = 0; i <4; i++) 
       char_array_4[i] = base64_chars.find(char_array_4[i]); 

     char_array_3[0] = (char_array_4[0] << 2) + ((char_array_4[1] & 0x30) >> 4); 
     char_array_3[1] = ((char_array_4[1] & 0xf) << 4) + ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3c) >> 2); 
     char_array_3[2] = ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3) << 6) + char_array_4[3]; 

     for (i = 0; (i < 3); i++) 
       ret += char_array_3[i]; 
     i = 0; 
   } 
 } 

 if (i)  
	{ 
   for (j = i; j <4; j++) 
     char_array_4[j] = 0; 

   for (j = 0; j <4; j++) 
     char_array_4[j] = base64_chars.find(char_array_4[j]); 

   char_array_3[0] = (char_array_4[0] << 2) + ((char_array_4[1] & 0x30) >> 4); 
   char_array_3[1] = ((char_array_4[1] & 0xf) << 4) + ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3c) >> 2); 
   char_array_3[2] = ((char_array_4[2] & 0x3) << 6) + char_array_4[3]; 

   for (j = 0; (j < i - 1); j++)  
			ret += char_array_3[j]; 
 } 

 return ret; 
}