= 2019-09-24 =

== base64 ==

* Objective: create Base64 encoded "username:password" string for JIRA API
  * https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/basic-authentication/
* Reference:
  * [1] https://www.base64encode.net/python-base64-b64encode
  * [2] https://github.com/base64encode/examples/blob/master/base64encode.py
  * [3] https://superuser.com/questions/120796/how-to-encode-base64-via-command-line
{{{
#!sh
echo -n "abc" | openssl base64
}}}
{{{
#!python
import base64
print base64.b64encode "abc"
}}}