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Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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Demonstrates how to download an image, or any type of file, to get the data in base64 encoding format. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")
$oHttp.KeepResponseBody = True

$oBd = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")

$bSuccess = $oHttp.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",$oBd)
Local $iStatusCode = $oHttp.LastStatus
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    If ($iStatusCode = 0) Then
        ; Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Else
        ; We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        ConsoleWrite("Response status code: " & $iStatusCode & @CRLF)
        ; Examine the response body.
        ConsoleWrite("Response body:" & @CRLF)
        ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastResponseBody & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    ConsoleWrite("Download failed." & @CRLF)

Else
    ConsoleWrite("Download success, response status = " & $iStatusCode & @CRLF)

Local $sBase64_image_data = $oBd.GetEncoded("base64")
    ConsoleWrite("image data in base64 format:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($sBase64_image_data & @CRLF)
EndIf