Xojo Plugin

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. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
http.KeepResponseBody = True

Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData

success = http.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd)
Dim statusCode As Int32
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (success = False) Then
    If (statusCode = 0) Then
        // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Else
        // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        System.DebugLog("Response status code: " + Str(statusCode))
        // Examine the response body.
        System.DebugLog("Response body:")
        System.DebugLog(http.LastResponseBody)
    End If

    System.DebugLog("Download failed.")

Else
    System.DebugLog("Download success, response status = " + Str(statusCode))

    Dim base64_image_data As String
    base64_image_data = bd.GetEncoded("base64")
    System.DebugLog("image data in base64 format:")
    System.DebugLog(base64_image_data)
End If