Base64 Encode/Decode a String

Ruby example to base-64 encode and decode a string.

Download Chilkat Ruby Library

require 'chilkat'

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = crypt.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print "Crypt component unlock failed" + "\n"
    exit
end

s = "A friend called me up the other day and talked about investing in a dot-com that sells lobsters. Internet lobsters. Where will this end? --Donald Trump"

crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("none")
crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64")

#  Other possible EncodingMode settings are:
#  "quoted-printable", "hex", and "url"

qp = crypt.encryptStringENC(s)

print qp + "\n";

decoded = crypt.decryptStringENC(qp)

print decoded + "\n";