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I am looking to create base64 inline encoded data of images for display in a table using canvases. Python generates and creates the web page dynamically. As it stands python uses the Image module to create thumbnails. After all of the thumbnails are created Python then generates base64 data of each thumbnail and puts the b64 data into hidden spans on the user's webpage. A user then clicks check marks by each thumbnail relative to their interest. They then create a pdf file containing their selected images by clicking a generate pdf button. The JavaScript using jsPDF generates the hidden span b64 data to create the image files in the pdf file and then ultimately the pdf file.
I am looking to hopefully shave down Python script execution time and minimize some disk I/O operations by generating the base64 thumbnail data in memory while the script executes.
Here is an example of what I would like to accomplish.
import os, sys
import Image
size = 128, 128
im = Image.open("/original/image/1.jpeg")
im.thumbnail(size)
thumb = base64.b64encode(im)
This doesn't work sadly, get a TypeErorr -
TypeError: must be string or buffer, not instance
Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?
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Can we convert image URL to Base64? With elmah. io's free image to Base64 encoder, it's easy to copy and paste markup or style for exactly your codebase. Simply drag and drop, upload, or provide an image URL in the controls above and the encoder will quickly generate a Base64 encoded version of that image.
Encoding data into base64 format By consisting only of ASCII characters, base64 strings are generally url-safe, and that's why they can be used to encode data in Data URLs.
You first need to save the image again in JPEG format; using the im.tostring() method would otherwise return raw image data that no browser would recognize:
from io import BytesIO
output = BytesIO()
im.save(output, format='JPEG')
im_data = output.getvalue()
This you can then encode to base64:
image_data = base64.b64encode(im_data)
if not isinstance(image_data, str):
# Python 3, decode from bytes to string
image_data = image_data.decode()
data_url = 'data:image/jpg;base64,' + image_data
Here is one I made with this method:
data:image/jpg;base64,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
Unfortunately the Markdown parser doesn't let me use this as an actual image, but you can see it in action in a snippet instead:
<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,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"/>If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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