method

base64

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::SecureRandom

Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v3.0.9) is shown here.

base64(n=nil)
public

SecureRandom.base64 generates a random base64 string.

The argument n specifies the length of the random length. The length of the result string is about 4/3 of n.

If n is not specified, 16 is assumed. It may be larger in future.

If secure random number generator is not available, NotImplementedError is raised.