Empty string is a valid Base64 string

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Description

Empty strings are valid base64 strings. If you base64 encode an empty string, you get an empty string. A few example:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15212127/is-an-empty-string-valid-base64-encoded-data-of-zero-bytes-length
• Warning, the most authoritative of all, https://chat.openai.com/share/33c6f549-4e9f-489f-8ea7-aa38fc697c2b

A python example:

>>> import base64
>>> base64.b64decode("")
b''

If you don't want empty strings, you can change the minLength.