#api/space-lua

The `encoding` API implements a few useful functions to handle various types of encoding.

### encoding.base64Encode(data)
Encodes data (either a string or byte buffer) as a base64 encoded string.

### encoding.base64Decode(s)
Decodes a base64 encoded string into a byte buffer.

### encoding.utf8Encode(s)
Encodes a (UTF-8) string into a byte buffer.

### encoding.utf8Decode(data)
Decodes a byte buffer into a (UTF-8) string.