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Objective-C

Base64 Encode a File

_LANGUAGE_ to Base64 encode the contents of a file.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoFileAccess.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  Get the contents of a file into a base64 encoded string:
CkoFileAccess *fac = [[CkoFileAccess alloc] init];
NSString *strBase64 = [fac ReadBinaryToEncoded: @"c:/data/something.pdf" encoding: @"base64"];
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Now write the string to a file:
success = [fac WriteEntireTextFile: @"c:/data/something_pdf_base64.txt" fileData: strBase64 charset: @"us-ascii" includePreamble: NO];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success!");