Ruby

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. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()
http.put_KeepResponseBody(true)

bd = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()

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

    print "Download failed." + "\n";

else
    print "Download success, response status = " + statusCode.to_s() + "\n";

    base64_image_data = bd.getEncoded("base64")
    print "image data in base64 format:" + "\n";
    print base64_image_data + "\n";
end