This is a snippet for the code that I want to do Blob to Base64 string:
This commented part works and that when the URL generated by this is set to img src it displays the image:
var blob = items[i].getAsFile();
//var URLObj = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
//var source = URLObj.createObjectURL(blob);
//console.log("image source=" + source);
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event){
console.log(event.target.result)
}; // data url!
var source = reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
The problem is with the the lower code, the source variable generated is null
Update:
Is there an easier way to do this with JQuery to be able to create Base64 String from Blob file as in the code above?
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
reader.onloadend = function() {
var base64data = reader.result;
console.log(base64data);
}
Form the docs readAsDataURL encodes to base64
As an awaitable function:
function blobToBase64(blob) {
return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = () => resolve(reader.result);
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
});
}
Note: The blob's result cannot be directly decoded as Base64 without first removing the Data-URL declaration preceding the Base64-encoded data. To retrieve only the Base64 encoded string, first remove data:/;base64, from the result.
this worked for me:
var blobToBase64 = function(blob, callback) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function() {
var dataUrl = reader.result;
var base64 = dataUrl.split(',')[1];
callback(base64);
};
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
};
There is a pure JavaScript way that is not depended on any stacks:
const blobToBase64 = blob => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
return new Promise(resolve => {
reader.onloadend = () => {
resolve(reader.result);
};
});
};
For using this helper function you should set a callback, example:
blobToBase64(blobData).then(res => {
// do what you wanna do
console.log(res); // res is base64 now
});
I write this helper function for my problem on React Native project, I wanted to download an image and then store it as a cached image:
fetch(imageAddressAsStringValue)
.then(res => res.blob())
.then(blobToBase64)
.then(finalResult => {
storeOnMyLocalDatabase(finalResult);
});
var audioURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
audio.src = audioURL;
var reader = new window.FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
reader.onloadend = function () {
base64data = reader.result;
console.log(base64data);
}
function bufferToBinaryString(arrayBuffer){
return String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));
}
(async () => console.log(btoa(bufferToBinaryString(await new Response(blob).arrayBuffer()))))();
or
function bufferToBinaryString(arrayBuffer){
return String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));
}
new Response(blob).arrayBuffer().then(arr_buf => console.log(btoa(bufferToBinaryString(arr_buf)))))
see Response's constructor, you can turn [blob, buffer source form data, readable stream, etc.] into Response, which can then be turned into [json, text, array buffer, blob] with async method/callbacks.
edit: as #Ralph mentioned, turning everything into utf-8 string causes problems (unfortunately Response API doesn't provide a way converting to binary string), so array buffer is use as intermediate instead, which requires two more steps (converting it to byte array THEN to binary string), if you insist on using native btoa method.
So the problem is that you want to upload a base 64 image and you have a blob url. Now the answer that will work on all html 5 browsers is:
Do:
var fileInput = document.getElementById('myFileInputTag');
var preview = document.getElementById('myImgTag');
fileInput.addEventListener('change', function (e) {
var url = URL.createObjectURL(e.target.files[0]);
preview.setAttribute('src', url);
});
function Upload()
{
// preview can be image object or image element
var myCanvas = document.getElementById('MyCanvas');
var ctx = myCanvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.drawImage(preview, 0,0);
var base64Str = myCanvas.toDataURL();
$.ajax({
url: '/PathToServer',
method: 'POST',
data: {
imageString: base64Str
},
success: function(data) { if(data && data.Success) {}},
error: function(a,b,c){alert(c);}
});
}
async function blobToBase64(blob) {
return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = () => resolve(reader.result);
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
});
}
let blob = null; // <= your blob object goes here
blobToBase64(blob)
.then(base64String => console.log(base64String));
See also:
https://gist.github.com/moosetraveller/723987931308c9ec63725c14cdcbc3e7
you can fix problem by:
var canvas = $('#canvas');
var b64Text = canvas.toDataURL();
b64Text = b64Text.replace('data:image/png;base64,','');
var base64Data = b64Text;
I hope this help you
async TypeScript variation:
async function blobToBase64Async(blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.onerror = (e) => reject(fileReader.error);
fileReader.onloadend = (e) => {
const dataUrl = fileReader.result as string;
// remove "data:mime/type;base64," prefix from data url
const base64 = dataUrl.substring(dataUrl.indexOf(',') + 1);
resolve(base64);
};
fileReader.readAsDataURL(blob);
});
}
Sample usage:
async function fetchToBase64Async(url: string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<string> {
try {
const response = await fetch(url, init);
if (!response.ok) {
const responseText = await response.text();
throw new Error("server status: " + response.status + "\n" + "server response:" + "\n" + responseText);
}
const blob = await response.blob();
const base64 = await blobToBase64Async(blob);
return base64;
} catch (e) {
throw new Error("failed to fetch: " + url + "\n" + "caused by: " + e);
}
}
async function demoUsage() {
const base64 = await fetchToBase64Async("https://httpstat.us/200", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Authorization": "Bearer ...",
}
});
console.log(base64);
}
Notes:
I don't understand why some answers use the load instead of the loadend event
I don't understand why some answers call readAsDataURL before setting the event handler
Another way is to use a simple wrapper around FileReader returning Observable (snippet is in TypeScript):
function toBase64(blob: Blob): Observable<string> {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
return fromEvent(reader, 'load')
.pipe(map(() => (reader.result as string).split(',')[1]));
}
Usage:
toBase64(blob).subscribe(base64 => console.log(base64));
The answer from #Arun Killu is a good snippet if you know what is going on, but nobody has explained what was the error on the original code. For people using async and Promise calls this is error is soo obvious but for people learning or without experience it's not so clear.
Here a simple explanation.
The Bad code
var blob = items[i].getAsFile();
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event){
console.log(event.target.result)
}; // data url!
var source = reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);
Above code is trying to capture a binary string on source variable, however, FileReader.readAsBinaryString() returns undefined. This is because the result will be available whenever the event onload will be triggered. As we can see, he was trying to console.log the event.target.result value, which is a wrong approach.
The Good code
Here is a step by step implementation:
// 1. Create a FileReader instance
const reader = new FileReader()
// 2. Add a handler for the 'onload' event
reader.onload = (e) => {
// 5. Get the result when the 'onload' event is triggered.
const base64data = reader.result
console.log({base64data})
}
// 3. Add a handler for the 'onerror' event
reader.onerror = () => {
console.log('error')
}
// 4. Call 'readAsDataURL' method
reader.readAsDataURL(imageBlob)
As you can see the last step is 5 and it is because it is an asynchronous call.
Here is a working example:
const url = 'https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRuCp.png'
const fetchImage = async url => {
const response = await fetch(url, {mode: 'no-cors',})
const blob = await response.blob()
return blob
}
const loadImage = async () => {
const imageBlob = await fetchImage(url)
const reader = new FileReader()
reader.onload = () => {
const base64data = reader.result
console.log({base64data})
}
reader.onerror = () => {
console.log('error')
}
reader.readAsDataURL(imageBlob)
}
loadImage()
Teo, what means asynchronous?
Well young Padawan, asynchronous means that we don't know when the result will be ready, it can be different in each system and depends on how heavy or complex is the process and also it can find some errors that will not produce any result at all.
So if a process is asynchronous is a good practice to encapsulate it using an async method and returning a Promise like this:
const blobToBase64 = async blob => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result)
reader.error = (err) => reject(err)
reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
})
}
Ah okay Teo, but what is a Promise?
Good question my young fella. A Promise object represents the eventual completion (or failure) of an asynchronous operation and its resulting value. In other words, will tell us if the result is ready and will give us its value, otherwise will return an error.
Above code shows a function blobToBase64 that will return a Promise This means that this function will return reader.result when it ready.
How can we integrate it into our code?
Super easy, just replace all the FileReader with the function blobToBase64 defined above and call it like this imageBase64 = await blobToBase64(imageBlob)
Check this snippet:
const url = 'https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRuCp.png'
const fetchImage = async url => {
const response = await fetch(url, {
mode: 'no-cors',
})
const blob = await response.blob()
return blob
}
const blobToBase64 = async blob => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result)
reader.error = (err) => reject(err)
reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
})
}
const loadImage = async() => {
const imageBlob = await fetchImage(url)
const imageBase64 = await blobToBase64(imageBlob)
console.log({imageBase64})
}
loadImage()
Typescript version :
const blob2Base64 = (blob:Blob):Promise<string> => {
return new Promise<string> ((resolve,reject)=> {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result.toString());
reader.onerror = error => reject(error);
})
}
usage:
blob2Base64(blob).then(res=>console.log(res))
Maybe I'm missing something but
let encoded = btoa(await myblob.text());
... is all you need to do to encode a Blob's data to base64. See Blob.text() and btoa().
Or if you want the whole thing as a promise:
let encode = myblob.text().then(btoa);
PS: To decode back to a Blob: new Blob([atob(encoded)])
I wanted something where I have access to base64 value to store into a list and for me adding event listener worked. You just need the FileReader which will read the image blob and return the base64 in the result.
createImageFromBlob(image: Blob) {
const reader = new FileReader();
const supportedImages = []; // you can also refer to some global variable
reader.addEventListener(
'load',
() => {
// reader.result will have the required base64 image
const base64data = reader.result;
supportedImages.push(base64data); // this can be a reference to global variable and store the value into that global list so as to use it in the other part
},
false
);
// The readAsDataURL method is used to read the contents of the specified Blob or File.
if (image) {
reader.readAsDataURL(image);
}
}
Final part is the readAsDataURL which is very important is being used to read the content of the specified Blob
If your "blob" is an actual Blob Object and not a blob url, the conversion is pretty simple:
const reader = new FileReader()
reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result)
example of Blob Object:
console.log(blob)
output:
Blob {lastModified: 1658039931443, lastModifiedDate: Sun Jul 17 2022 08:38:51 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time), name: '1.jpg', size: 35493, type: 'image/jpeg'}
lastModified: 1658039931443
lastModifiedDate: Sun Jul 17 2022 08:38:51 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time) {}
name: "1.jpg"
size: 35493
type: "image/jpeg"
[[Prototype]]: Blob
In my case, the blob was produced by Compressorjs (should you need image compression).
So I am trying to convert a file from tag. This is how my javascript code looks like:
var file = document.getElementById("file").files[0];
if (file) {
var filereader = new FileReader();
filereader.readAsDataURL(file);
filereader.onload = function (evt) {
var base64 = evt.target.result;
}
}
That returns undefined.
two little helper and an example.
const blobToDataUrl = blob => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result);
reader.onerror = reject;
reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
});
const blobToBase64 = blob => blobToDataUrl(blob).then(text => text.slice(text.indexOf(",")));
for(let file of document.getElementById("file").files) {
blobToBase64(file).then(base64 => console.log(file, base64));
}
But why the Promises?
Because your next question will be: How do I get the base64 string out of onload? and the short answer is You don't. A longer answer would be: It's like asking how to get something from the future into the now. You can't.
Promises are placeholder/wrapper for values that will eventually be available; but not yet. And they are the foundation of async functions.
So let's skip messing with callbacks and get right to the point where you write
for(let file of document.getElementById("file").files) {
const base64 = await blobToBase64(file);
console.log(file, base64);
}
but for that you will have to brush up on async and await.
I think you have missed the return statement in the code.
Replace your function with the following lines:
var file = document.getElementById("file").files[0];
if (file) {
var filereader = new FileReader();
filereader.readAsDataURL(file);
filereader.onload = function (evt) {
var base64 = evt.target.result;
return base64
}
}
i am trying to use filereader to access a blob file located locally, such as c drive, then converts it back to object URL as img src. it is not working, can anyone help this?
never found anyone try to access a blob file from disk. what is the blob file type extension?
const imageOut = document.querySelector('#image-out');
imageOut.addEventListener('load', () => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.addEventListener('load', () => {
var f = File.createFromFileName("file:///C:/blob.blb");
const arrayBuffer = reader.readAsArrayBuffer(f);
const blob = new Blob([arrayBuffer], { type: mimeType });
imageOut.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
});
});
empty, not show
Check how to use blob here it is clearly explained and it should be enough to get you going.
Try this:
Assuming that file:///C:/blob.blb exists and you are sure, then do it like so:
imageOut.addEventListener('load', () => {
const reader = new FileReader();
var f = File.createFromFileName("file:///C:/blob.blb");
reader.addEventListener('load', (e) => {
const arrayBuffer = reader.readAsArrayBuffer(f);
global.blob = new Blob([arrayBuffer], { type: f.type});
});
// notice this is outside the reader Load.
var intval = setInterval(function(){
if(blob !== undefined){
imageOut.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
clearInterval(intval);
}
}, 100);
});
I hope it helps.
I am trying to get a blob response from a request, and then generate a URL from that blob and set this URL as an image's source.
But the image is not loading.
This is my HTML:
<img src="{{previewSignsrc}}" alt="Sign Thumbnail">
And this is my .ts file:
this.signModalDataService.getPreviewSignature({'name': this.SignatureName, 'font_type': 0});
this.signModalDataService.previewSignature
.subscribe((res) => {
console.log(res);
let blob = new Blob([res['_body']], {type: 'image/png'});
this.previewSignsrc = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
this.showPreviewSign = true;
});
I used same method to set url for ng2-pdfviewer and it worked fine.
You can dislay image like this code
this.config.getData()
.subscribe((blob : any) => {
let objectURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
this.image = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(objectURL);
});
If your data is base64 display like this
this.config.getData()
.subscribe((baseImage : any) => {
let objectURL = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + baseImage.image;
this.thumbnail = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(objectURL);
});
Demo https://stackblitz.com/edit/display-image-from-api
As was metioned earlier by Memo 313 MediaSA, FileReader works.
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(data); //FileStream response from .NET core backend
reader.onload = _event => {
url = reader.result; //url declared earlier
image.nativeElement.src = url; //image declared earlier
};
You can use new FileReader(); I tried so much codes and that's the only one that worked for me.
var reader = new FileReader ();
reader.readAsDataURL(response) <= from inner . subscribe
reader.onload = (_event) => {
this.retrieveURL = reader.result;
}
.html
[src]="retrieve URL"
Bear with me I typed from my cellphone
That's all no need to use sanitizers, hope it helps somebody out there, ooh I am using Angular8
this code is the best for blob(for example asp file stream in backend) and 100% work.
.ts:
image: any;
constructor(
private sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
) { }
this.signModalDataService.previewSignature
.subscribe(blob => {
let objectURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
this.image = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(objectURL);
})
.html
<img [src]="image">
If you use JsonConvert from a .Net API to return an object in which one of the fields is the image byte[] it will convert it to a base64 string. Then you don't need anything special when calling the api or displaying the image.
This works for me:
this.httpClient.get(Endpoints.PRODUCTS + '/pictures/download', {'params': queryParams, responseType: 'blob'})
.subscribe(
value => {
// Add Preview
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsBinaryString(value);
const addPreview = (fileBase64) => {
this.urls.push(`data:${value.type};base64,${btoa(fileBase64)}`);
};
reader.onload = function (e) {
addPreview(e.target.result);
};
},
(error) => {
// Refactor
// this.errorList = error.error.data.errorList;
console.log(error);
})
;
I've got a form for uploading Avatar image and I have to send the image file in the format of binary string; so far I've tried ReadAsBinaryString from FileReader but it's not working:(
here's my code:
<form onSubmit={this.onFormSubmit}>
<div className="row justify-content-center mb-2">
<input type="file" id="avatar" accept="image/png, image/jpeg"
onChange={this.uploadedImage} />
<button type="submit" className="btn btn-sm btn-info">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
and that is how I'm trying to use ReadAsBinaryString in uploadedImage function:
uploadedImage(e) {
let reader = new FileReader();
let file = e.target.files[0];
console.log(file); //I can see the file's info
reader.onload= () => {
var array = new Uint32Array(file);
console.log("_+_array:",array); // the array is empty!
var binaryString = String.fromCharCode.apply(null,array) ;
console.log("__binaryString:",binaryString);
this.setState({
file: binaryString
},()=>{
console.log(this.state.file);//ergo file is set to an empty image
});
}
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file)
}
so to sum it up, I get a file but I can't convert it to byte array; Is there anything wrong with this code or this approach is completely wrong?
This approach worked for me:
function readFileDataAsBase64(e) {
const file = e.target.files[0];
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = (event) => {
resolve(event.target.result);
};
reader.onerror = (err) => {
reject(err);
};
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
});
}
You can call reader.readAsBinaryString() if you wish to use binary string. More here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader
You are trying to read the file data using the file variable which contains the file info not the file contents. Try sth like the following:
FileReader documentation
uploadedImage(e) {
let reader = new FileReader();
let file = e.target.files[0];
console.log(file); //I can see the file's info
reader.onload= () => {
var array = new Uint32Array(reader.result); // read the actual file contents
console.log("_+_array:",array); // the array is empty!
var binaryString = String.fromCharCode.apply(null,array) ;
console.log("__binaryString:",binaryString);
this.setState({
file: binaryString
},()=>{
console.log(this.state.file);//ergo file is set to an empty image
});
}
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file)
}
Just to add to tomericco's answer, here is one with few more lines to get the actual final byte array :
const test_function = async () => {
... ... ...
const get_file_array = (file) => {
return new Promise((acc, err) => {
const reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = (event) => { acc(event.target.result) };
reader.onerror = (err) => { err(err) };
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
});
}
const temp = await get_file_array(files[0])
console.log('here we finally ve the file as a ArrayBuffer : ',temp);
const fileb = new Uint8Array(fileb)
... ... ...
}
where file is directly the File object u want to read , this has to be done in a async function...
const file = e.target.files[0];
// we need to get the raw bytes
const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
// each entry of array should contain 8 bits
const bytes = new Uint8Array(buffer);