Python base64-utils

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Fast, drop-in replacement for Python's base64 module, powered by Rust.

Installation

Using pip:

$ pip install base64-utils

Example

>>> import base64_utils as base64

>>> encoded = base64.b64encode(b'data to be encoded')
>>> encoded
b'ZGF0YSB0byBiZSBlbmNvZGVk'

>>> data = base64.b64decode(encoded)
>>> data
b'data to be encoded'

Benchmarks

Benchmark	Min	Max	Mean	Min (+)	Max (+)	Mean (+)
b64encode (1 KB data)	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.001 (3.6x)	0.001 (3.8x)	0.001 (3.7x)
b64encode (100 KB data)	0.307	0.325	0.318	0.047 (6.6x)	0.061 (5.3x)	0.050 (6.4x)
b64encode (1 MB data)	3.383	3.456	3.411	0.447 (7.6x)	0.487 (7.1x)	0.467 (7.3x)
b64encode (altchars + 100 KB data)	0.472	0.490	0.483	0.303 (1.6x)	0.320 (1.5x)	0.313 (1.5x)
b64decode (100 KB data)	0.512	0.569	0.538	0.110 (4.7x)	0.125 (4.5x)	0.117 (4.6x)

How to develop locally

$ make build
$ make test