Base64 encoding in Apigee Edge Policy

I know I can include the code explicitly, but I prefer to use the built-in function (if available).

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import base64

username = flow.getVariable("request.formparam.client_id")
password = flow.getVariable("request.formparam.client_secret")
< br />base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s'% (username, password))[:-1]

flow.setVariable("my.base64.blob", base64string) 

What is the easiest way to perform Base64 encoding in the Apigee strategy? I need to encode the SMS text to be sent programmatically.

I know I can include the code explicitly, but I prefer to use the built-in function (if available).

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The most effective way is to create a python script policy, and then use python’s built-in base64 module to build a simple function base64 encoding or – decoding parameters.

If you get a sample proxy from here: http://apigee.com/docs/api-services/content/api-proxy-samples, you will find a python sample in /simpleProxy/apiproxy/resources/py.

The policy XML looks like this:

The python code looks like this:

import base64

username = flow.getVariable("request.formparam.client_id")
password = flow.getVariable("request.formparam.client_secret")

base64string = base64.encodestring('%s :%s'% (username, password))[:-1]

flow.setVariable("my.base64.blob", base64string)

Or, if python is not Your style, you could do this in javascript using js resources, even directly in Node.js proxy.