# Built-in utilities
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The `util` variable contains general utility methods to help you work with data. Unless otherwise specified, all utilities use the UTF-8 character set.

## Encoding utils
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 **`util.urlEncode(String)`**  
Returns the input string as an `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` encoded string.

 **`util.urlDecode(String)`**  
Decodes an `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` encoded string back to its non-encoded form.

**`util.base64Encode(string) : string`**  
Encodes the input into a base64-encoded string.

**`util.base64Decode(string) : string`**  
Decodes the data from a base64-encoded string.