[JENKINS-65931] Add credentials binding for base64 username:password

Some tools (e.g., npm) require the credentials to be base64-encoded. Having to manually base64 encode the output of the usernameColonPassword binding is annoying and error prone, since Jenkins does not recognized the base64-encoded version as something to redact.

Please add a usernameColonPasswordBase64 binding that works the same way, except the environment variable will contain the base64-encoded credentials.

For example:

withCredentials([usernameColonPasswordBase64(credentialsId: 'my-id', variable: 'NPM_CONFIG__auth')]) {

   sh 'npm ci'

}

 

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Originally reported by rittneje, imported from: Add credentials binding for base64 username:password

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): credentials-binding-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 3
  
• watchers: 4
  
• imported: 20251211-141027
  

Raw content of original issue

Some tools (e.g., npm) require the credentials to be base64-encoded. Having to manually base64 encode the output of the usernameColonPassword binding is annoying and error prone, since Jenkins does not recognized the base64-encoded version as something to redact.


Please add a usernameColonPasswordBase64 binding that works the same way, except the environment variable will contain the base64-encoded credentials.


For example:



withCredentials([usernameColonPasswordBase64(credentialsId: 'my-id', variable: 'NPM_CONFIG__auth')]) {

   sh 'npm ci'

}