Question

python NNTPLib is giving me author name such as ,

‘=?Utf-8?B?RGVubmlzIEJhc2hhbQ==?= < [e-mail] >’

(Quotes for clarity).

How do i encode this text in human readable format?

Answer 1

The double equals at the end was a dead giveaway. Base 64 uses that for padding strings that do not have an even multiple of 4 bytes.

In python:

print 'RGVubmlzIEJhc2hhbQ=='.decode('base_64') 

In PHP:

<?php echo base64_decode('RGVubmlzIEJhc2hhbQ=='); ?> 

Enjoy.

PS… Dennis Basham