Java

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. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_KeepResponseBody(true);

    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();

    success = http.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd);
    int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            //  Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
            }
        else {
            //  We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            System.out.println("Response status code: " + statusCode);
            //  Examine the response body.
            System.out.println("Response body:");
            System.out.println(http.lastResponseBody());
            }

        System.out.println("Download failed.");

        }
    else {
        System.out.println("Download success, response status = " + statusCode);

        String base64_image_data = bd.getEncoded("base64");
        System.out.println("image data in base64 format:");
        System.out.println(base64_image_data);
        }
  }
}