DOCUMENTATION: name: b64decode author: ansible core team version_added: 'historical' short_description: Decode a base64 string description: - Base64 decoding function. - The return value is a string. - Trying to store a binary blob in a string most likely corrupts the binary. To base64 decode a binary blob, use the ``base64`` command and pipe the encoded data through standard input. For example, in the ansible.builtin.shell`` module, ``cmd="base64 --decode > myfile.bin" stdin="{{ encoded }}"``. positional: _input options: _input: description: A base64 string to decode. type: string required: true EXAMPLES: | # b64 decode a string lola: "{{ 'bG9sYQ==' | b64decode }}" # b64 decode the content of 'b64stuff' variable stuff: "{{ b64stuff | b64encode }}" RETURN: _value: description: The contents of the base64 encoded string. type: string