Decode a base64 byte buffer from one character set and re-encode it into another
Decode a base64 byte buffer from one character set and re-encode it into another (utf-8, utf-16le, utf-16be, latin1, ascii). Characters that the target set cannot represent, or bytes invalid for the source set, are clean 400s.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
448 msmedian answer time
$0.002listed price per call
$0.002price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://encoding.openverbs.com/v1/transcode
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | encoding.openverbs.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 3 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.002 | 448 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"bytes": "example",
"from": "utf-8",
"to": "utf-8"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"bytes": {
"description": "Base64-encoded source bytes.",
"type": "string"
},
"from": {
"description": "Source character set.",
"enum": [
"utf-8",
"utf-16le",
"utf-16be",
"latin1",
"ascii",
"utf8",
"utf16le",
"utf16be",
"iso-8859-1",
"windows-1252",
"us-ascii"
],
"type": "string"
},
"to": {
"description": "Target character set.",
"enum": [
"utf-8",
"utf-16le",
"utf-16be",
"latin1",
"ascii",
"utf8",
"utf16le",
"utf16be",
"iso-8859-1",
"windows-1252",
"us-ascii"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"bytes",
"from",
"to"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}