Lua

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. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.keep_response_body = true

local bd = chilkat.BinData.new()

local success = http:download_bd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg", bd)
local statusCode = http.last_status
if not success then
    if statusCode == 0 then
        -- Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        print(http.last_error_text)
    else
        -- We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        print("Response status code: " .. statusCode)
        -- Examine the response body.
        print("Response body:")
        print(http.last_response_body)
    end

    print("Download failed.")
else
    print("Download success, response status = " .. statusCode)

    local base64_image_data = bd:get_encoded("base64")
    print("image data in base64 format:")
    print(base64_image_data)
end