PublicFunctions/ConvertTo-Base64StringCompressed.ps1
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##Modified from Vrushal Talegaonkar's personal script - thanks Vrushal! <# .Description Converts a file into a Compressed base64 string in case the regular ConvertTo-Base64String is too long, for instance an Azure ADO string field limit. Enter file path after command. #> function ConvertTo-MyBase64StringCompressed { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateScript({ if (-Not ($_ | Test-Path) ) { throw "The file or folder $_ does not exist" } if (-Not ($_ | Test-Path -PathType Leaf) ) { throw "The Path argument must be a file. Folder paths are not allowed." } return $true })] [string] $Path ) $fileBytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($Path) [System.IO.MemoryStream] $memoryStream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream $gzipStream = New-Object System.IO.Compression.GzipStream $memoryStream, ([IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Compress) $gzipStream.Write($fileBytes, 0, $fileBytes.Length) $gzipStream.Close() $memoryStream.Close() $compressedFileBytes = $memoryStream.ToArray() $encodedCompressedFileData = [Convert]::ToBase64String($compressedFileBytes) $gzipStream.Dispose() $memoryStream.Dispose() return $encodedCompressedFileData } |