What is RFC 4648?

RFC 4648 is the IETF specification defining the Base16, Base32 and Base64 data encodings, including their alphabets, padding rules and URL-safe variants.

Primary sources

Specifications cited by the tools below whose own titles define RFC 4648.

RFC 4648 — Base16, Base32 and Base64 EncodingsIETF

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Encoders & Decoders3

Base64 to PDF ConverterDecode a Base64 string into a real, downloadable PDF file.File to Base64 ConverterEncode any file — image, PDF, video, font, archive — as Base64, a data URI, hex or a byte array.PDF to Base64 ConverterEncode a PDF as a Base64 string or a data URI, ready to embed in code.

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Terms that appear alongside RFC 4648 on the same tools.

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