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PVHelpers/Base64Helpers.cs

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+using System.Buffers.Text;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace PVHelpers
+{
+    public static class Base64Helpers
+    {
+        public static String EncodeBase64String(this Byte[] data)
+        {
+            Byte[] buf = new Byte[data.Length * 2];
+            if (Base64.EncodeToUtf8(data, buf, out _, out Int32 written) == System.Buffers.OperationStatus.Done)
+            {
+                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buf, 0, written);
+            } else
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Shit went south");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}