diff --git a/ciphers/base64_cipher.py b/ciphers/base64_cipher.py
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+++ b/ciphers/base64_cipher.py
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+import base64
+
+def main():
+    inp = input('->')
+    encoded = inp.encode('utf-8') #encoded the input (we need a bytes like object)
+    b64encoded = base64.b64encode(encoded) #b64encoded the encoded string
+    print(b64encoded)
+    print(base64.b64decode(b64encoded).decode('utf-8'))#decoded it
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()