Chilkat2-Python

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. Chilkat2-Python

import chilkat2

success = False

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

http = chilkat2.Http()
http.KeepResponseBody = True

bd = chilkat2.BinData()

success = http.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd)
statusCode = http.LastStatus
if (success == False):
    if (statusCode == 0):
        # Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        print(http.LastErrorText)
    else:
        # We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        print("Response status code: " + str(statusCode))
        # Examine the response body.
        print("Response body:")
        print(http.LastResponseBody)

    print("Download failed.")

else:
    print("Download success, response status = " + str(statusCode))

    base64_image_data = bd.GetEncoded("base64")
    print("image data in base64 format:")
    print(base64_image_data)