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Bash - convert png to base64 data url
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In this short article we would like to show how to convert *.png file to Data URL encoded with base64 using Bash (under Linux to Git for Windows).
Quick solution:
echo "data:image/png;base64,$(cat input_image.png | base64 | tr -d '\r\n')" > output_image.txtWhere: input_image.png is converted to output_image.txt (Data URL with base64).
Result
Now Data URL written to output_image.txt can be used as embeded resource on web page, eg.
<html>
<body>
<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAgAAAAIACAYAAAD0eNT ...">
</body>
</html>Screenshot:
