# Base64Encoding the password for FM Data API

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/base64encoding-the-password-for-fm-data-api/2114>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** community\
**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/base64encoding-the-password-for-fm-data-api/2114 "2021-05-13T17:48:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![OliverBarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@OliverBarrett](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/OliverBarrett)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/base64encoding-the-password-for-fm-data-api/2114/1 "2021-05-13T17:48:53Z")

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Is there a preferred (or simpler, built-in?) method to base64-encode the password for Data API usage? When I encoded the password the first time, I just brought up a Data Viewer Window and did the encoding there.

Just wondering...