#    
#  Overview

Encoding can convert data into another format understandable by a recipient.
In this shot, we will learn to encode a simple string of letters with a code example.

##   
## Example


package main

import (
    b64 "encoding/base64"
    "fmt"
)

func main() {

    data := []byte("abc123!?$*&()'-=@~")

    sEnc := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(data)
    fmt.Println(sEnc)

   
}

#     
## Explanation

In the above example, we import the required packages for the encoding process:
```
import (
    b64 "encoding/base64"
    "fmt"
)
```
`b64` is our major package for carrying out the encoding.
`fmt` is the package we use to print to the screen.
 In our main function:
1.  **Line 10**:  We assign a variable data to a string of random characters and convert the string to a byte `[]byte("abc123!?$*&()'-=@~")` type since that data type the encode works with.

3. **Line 12**: We chain the `b64` to methods(`StdEncoding.EncodeToString`) that encode our parsed string of random characters.




#     
## Explanation

In the above example, we import the required packages for the encoding process:
```
import (
    b64 "encoding/base64"
    "fmt"
)
```
`b64` is our major package for carrying out the encoding.
`fmt` is the package we use to print to the screen.
 In our main function:
1.  **Line 10**:  We assign a variable data to a string of random characters and convert the string to a byte `[]byte("abc123!?＄*&()'-=@~")` type since that data type the encode works with.

3. **Line 12**: We chain the `b64` to methods(`StdEncoding.EncodeToString`) that encode our parsed string of random characters.




How to encode in base64 using Golang

Overview

Example

Explanation