Lua

Get Contents of File as Base64

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Demonstrates how to read the contents of a file and convert to a base64 string. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local bd = chilkat.BinData.new()

local success = bd:load_file("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
if not success then
    print("Failed to load file.")
    return
end

print(bd:get_encoded("base64"))

-- If you want mult-line base64:
print("--")
print(bd:get_encoded("base64_mime"))

-- If you want hex..
print("--")
print(bd:get_encoded("hex"))

-- etc..