Images are often encoded to display or transfer in web development, how to encode them? In this tutorial, we will discuss how to encode an image with base64 algorithm for beginners in python.
Preliminary
import base64 model in python
import base64
Open an image with rb model
You must open an image with rb model.
with open(image, 'rb') as fin:
Read image data to implement base64 encode
data = fin.read()
base64_data = base64.b64encode(data)
Then python variable base64_data is the result.
However, we will find the type of base64_data is byte. To convert it to string, you can do like this:
base64_data_str = base64_data.decode("utf-8")
print(base64_data_str)
From the result string, we will find some special characters like: +, / et al.
To avoid these special characters, you can read this tutorial.
Improve Python Base64 to Encode String Safely: Replace +, / and = Characters
Meanwhile, after encoding an image, you plan to send it to remote server, how to do? You can read this tutorial.