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July 16, 2024 20:44
base64 that actually encodes URL safe (no '=' nonsense)
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| """ | |
| base64's `urlsafe_b64encode` uses '=' as padding. | |
| These are not URL safe when used in URL paramaters. | |
| Functions below work around this to strip/add back in padding. | |
| See: | |
| https://docs.python.org/2/library/base64.html | |
| https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2007-February/037195.html | |
| """ |