Node-base64-image NPM

node-base64-image

Download images from remote URLs or use local images and encode/decode them to Base64 string or Buffer object

Installation

npm i node-base64-image --save

Usage

const base64 = require('node-base64-image');
// or
import {encode, decode} from 'node-base64-image';

Examples

// encoding a remote jpg to base64
const url = 'https://example.com/test.jpg';
const options = {
  string: true,
  headers: {
    "User-Agent": "my-app"
  }
};
const image = await encode(url, options);

// encoding a local file
const localUrl = 'C:/project/test.jpg';
const localImage = await encode(url, {string: true, local: true});

// writing to file named 'example.jpg'
await decode(image, { fname: 'example', ext: 'jpg' });

// writing to a sub-directory
// after creating a directory called 'photos'
const image = await encode(url, options);
await decode(image, { fname: './photos/example', ext: 'jpg' });