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TomasB
TomasB

Reputation: 751

Decoding a Base64 string in Java

I'm trying to decode a simple Base64 string, but am unable to do so. I'm currently using the org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64 package.

The test string I'm using is: abcdefg, encoded using PHP YWJjZGVmZw==.

This is the code I'm currently using:

Base64 decoder = new Base64();
byte[] decodedBytes = decoder.decode("YWJjZGVmZw==");
System.out.println(new String(decodedBytes) + "\n") ;

The above code does not throw an error, but instead doesn't output the decoded string as expected.

Upvotes: 75

Views: 190400

Answers (4)

Denys
Denys

Reputation: 1478

If you don't want to use apache, you can use Java8:

byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode("YWJjZGVmZw=="); 
System.out.println(new String(decodedBytes) + "\n");

Upvotes: 19

Hany Sakr
Hany Sakr

Reputation: 2929

The following should work with the latest version of Apache common codec 

byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode("YWJjZGVmZw==");
System.out.println(new String(decodedBytes));

and for encoding

byte[] encodedBytes = Base64.getEncoder().encode(decodedBytes);
System.out.println(new String(encodedBytes));

Upvotes: 18

Alberto Perez
Alberto Perez

Reputation: 1077

Commonly base64 it is used for images. if you like to decode an image (jpg in this example with org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64 package):

byte[] decoded = Base64.decodeBase64(imageJpgInBase64);
FileOutputStream fos = null;
fos = new FileOutputStream("C:\\output\\image.jpg");
fos.write(decoded);
fos.close();

Upvotes: 3

RTB
RTB

Reputation: 5823

Modify the package you're using:

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;

And then use it like this:

byte[] decoded = Base64.decodeBase64("YWJjZGVmZw==");
System.out.println(new String(decoded, "UTF-8") + "\n");

Upvotes: 80

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