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Regex for Base64 String

Regex Pattern

^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$

Standard base64 encoded string

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for base64 string is `^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$`. Standard base64 encoded string. This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=✓ Matches
YWJjZA==✓ Matches
dGVzdA==✓ Matches
not*base64✗ No match
abc===✗ No match
SGVsbG8!✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{3}=)?$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+\/]{3}=)?$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

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