Convert object values to base64

Question

I am very new to C#.

encodevalues(object)

I need to use above function where i have to encode the values of object. Object can be different every time like below

{ "name" "Swamy", "email": : "Swamy123@gmail.com }  
or
{"firstname": "Swamy", "lastname": "reddy"}
or 
{"name": "Swamy"}

So I want to encrypt the only values and return the object.

How can i do this, please help.

Best,

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11743160/how-do-i-encode-and-decode-a-base64-string — Kei, Nov 15 '19 at 06:06
Now if you wanted to **encrypt** the values, I suggest [using AES](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/273452/using-aes-encryption-in-c-sharp) — Kei, Nov 15 '19 at 06:10
@Kei it is not related to my question. I know how to encode, but I don't know how to encode the only values in any given object — swamy, Nov 15 '19 at 06:10
@swamy so basically, you want a function that encodes all string properties of any given object? — Kei, Nov 15 '19 at 06:12

Kei · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-15T06:29:30.963

It seems like you want a function that encodes all string properties of any given object.

To do this, you can use a bit of reflection. Note however, that the function below performs the encoding in-place. If you need it to return an encoded copy of the original object, you'll need to do some cloning (which can get pretty complicated if you need deep cloning).

public static void EncodeAllProperties(object obj)
{
    var props = obj.GetType().GetProperties();

    foreach (var prop in props)
    {
        if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(string))
        {
            prop.SetValue(obj, Base64Encode(prop.GetValue(obj) as string));
        }
    }   
}

// From https://stackoverflow.com/a/11743162/11981207
public static string Base64Encode(string plainText)
{
    var plainTextBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
    return System.Convert.ToBase64String(plainTextBytes);
}

Convert object values to base64

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