1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb
index acb8e5a967..b8c01628ce 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/base64.rb
@@ -30,4 +30,13 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
     end
   end
+
+  # Encodes the value as base64 without the newline breaks. This makes the base64 encoding readily usable as URL parameters
+  # or memcache keys without further processing.
+  #
+  #  ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64s("Original unencoded string")
+  #  # => "T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw=="
+  def Base64.encode64s(value)
+    encode64(value).gsub(/\n/, '')
+  end
 end