React Native

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. React Native

import { BinData, Http } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  let success = false;

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

  const http = new Http();
  http.keepResponseBody = true;

  const bd = new BinData();

  success = true;
  try {
    await http.downloadBdAsync('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg', bd);
  } catch {
    success = false;
  }
  const statusCode = http.lastStatus;
  if (!success) {
    if (statusCode === 0) {
      // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
      console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    } else {
      // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
      console.log(`Response status code: ${statusCode}`);
      // Examine the response body.
      console.log('Response body:');
      console.log(http.lastResponseBody);
    }

    console.log('Download failed.');
  } else {
    console.log(`Download success, response status = ${statusCode}`);

    const base64ImageData = bd.getEncoded('base64');
    console.log('image data in base64 format:');
    console.log(base64ImageData);
  }
}