# Function: encode

[util/base64url](../modules/util_base64url.md).encode

▸ `Const`**encode**(`input`: *string* \| *Uint8Array*): *string*

#### Parameters:

Name | Type |
:------ | :------ |
`input` | *string* \| *Uint8Array* |

**Returns:** *string*

Defined in: [util/base64url.ts:22](https://github.com/panva/jose/blob/main/src/util/base64url.ts#L22)