Base64Encode()

Converts plain text to Base64-encoded binary data.

Availability

<table> <tr> <td>Marketing Cloud Engagement</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marketing Cloud Next</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> </tr> </table>

Syntax

Base64Encode(stringToEncode, characterEncoding)

The Base64Encode() function has two parameters:

stringToEncode (string): Required. The string to encode to Base64.
characterEncoding (string): The character encoding type to use when encoding the string. Accepted values are ASCII, UTF-7, UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32.

Usage

To use the function, pass it the string that you want to encode. Optionally, specify the type of character encoding to use.

%%[
  Var @couponCode, @couponCodeB64
  Set @couponCode = "6dn28uqxocqu"
  Set @couponCodeB64 = Base64Encode(@couponCode)
]%%
<p>%%=v(@couponCodeB64)=%%</p>

The example code outputs a string encoded in Base64.

NmRuMjh1cXhvY3F1