converting a base 64 string to an image and saving it

Question

Here is an example, you can modify the method to accept a string parameter. Then just save the image object with image.Save(...).

public Image LoadImage()
{
    //data:image/gif;base64,
    //this image is a single pixel (black)
    byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==");

    Image image;
    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))
    {
        image = Image.FromStream(ms);
    }

    return image;
}

It is possible to get an exception A generic error occurred in GDI+. when the bytes represent a bitmap. If this is happening save the image before disposing the memory stream (while still inside the using statement).

You can save Base64 directly into file:

string filePath = "MyImage.jpg";
File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, Convert.FromBase64String(base64imageString));

Here is what I ended up going with.

    private void SaveByteArrayAsImage(string fullOutputPath, string base64String)
    {
        byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64String);

        Image image;
        using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))
        {
            image = Image.FromStream(ms);
        }

        image.Save(fullOutputPath, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
    }

I would suggest via Bitmap:

public void SaveImage(string base64)
{
    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Convert.FromBase64String(base64)))
    {
        using (Bitmap bm2 = new Bitmap(ms))
        {
            bm2.Save("SavingPath" + "ImageName.jpg");
        }
    }
}

In my case it works only with two line of code. Test the below C# code:

String dirPath = "C:\myfolder\";
String imgName = "my_mage_name.bmp";

byte[] imgByteArray = Convert.FromBase64String("your_base64_string");
File.WriteAllBytes(dirPath + imgName, imgByteArray);

That's it. Kindly up vote if you really find this solution works for you. Thanks in advance.

In a similar scenario what worked for me was the following:

byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(Base64String);    
ImageTagId.ImageUrl = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);

ImageTagId is the ID of the ASP image tag.

Here is working code for converting an image from a base64 string to an Image object and storing it in a folder with unique file name:

public void SaveImage()
{
    string strm = "R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"; 

    //this is a simple white background image
    var myfilename= string.Format(@"{0}", Guid.NewGuid());

    //Generate unique filename
    string filepath= "~/UserImages/" + myfilename+ ".jpeg";
    var bytess = Convert.FromBase64String(strm);
    using (var imageFile = new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create))
    {
        imageFile.Write(bytess, 0, bytess.Length);
        imageFile.Flush();
    }
}