The Encode/Decode (ecdc) extension allows you to quickly convert one or more selections of text to and from various formats. Supported conversions include:

• String to Base64
• Base 64 to String
• String to JSON Byte Array
• String to JSON String
• JSON String to String
• Base64 to JSON Byte Array
• String to MD5/SHA1/SHA256/SHA512 (as Base64 or Hex)
• String to HTML Entities
• HTML Entities to String
• String to XML Entities
• XML Entities to String
• String to Unicode
• Unicode to String

The extension provides a single command to the command palette. To active the command simply launch the command palette (Shift-CMD-P on OSX or Shift-Ctrl-P on Windows and Linux), then just type Encode/Decode: Convert Selection, then a menu of possible conversions will be displayed. Alternatively you can use the keyboard bindings CMD-ALT-C and CTRL-ALT-C for Mac & PC respectively.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted issues and pull requests, shout outs to:

• 7sDream
• fcharron
• jtanx