Hi all,
Apologies if this is a noob question, I'm quite new to Nim.
For a program, I'm trying to Base64-decode a binary blob that was encoded using
Python into a Nim byte array. Since the binary is an embedded executable, it
will contain non-printable characters and cannot be stored in a string object.
What I'm trying to do on a high level is as follows:
import base64
var b64test = "TVqQAAMAAAAEAA=="
# bytearray(b'MZ\x90\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00') encoded in Python
# should become something like let data : array[10, byte] = [byte
0x4D,0x5A,0x90,0x00,0x03,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x04,0x00]
b64result = decode(b64test)
echo repr(decode(b64result))
Run
This however yields the following error `Error: unhandled exception: Invalid
base64 format character '' (ord 144) at location 2. [ValueError]`. This error
as I understand it is because the decoder encounters an unprintable character,
which is expected within the context of my program. Any way to work around this
and decode this Base64-blob to a byte array such as the one provided in the
code?
Side note: If it is possible to easily use encryption (e.g. AES) with a
statically defined key instead of Base64-encoding to store the object and later
decrypt it, that's an acceptable (or even preferred) alternative for the
purposes of my program. I was however running into similar issues with the
crypto libraries that I found.
Thanks a lot in advance for any guidance!
