convert image to base64 with java

Question

I need to convert a image object to a base64 object so I can load it into the tag on my client side.

However I can't seem to figure out how to pull this off. Is there anyone who has a piece of code for this that I could use easily?

This is what I use to turn the external image link into a image object

Image image = null;
URL url = new URL(request.getParameter("hdn_path"));
image = ImageIO.read(url);

not sure if I'm going about this the correct way.

Answer 1

Using Apache IOUtils and Base64 :

byte[] imageBytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(new URL("...")));
String base64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(imageBytes);

Answer 2

write using ImageIO.write().
ByteArrayOutputStream wraps the byte array so it can be used as an output stream.
convert the byte array to aa base64 string using DatatypeConverter, in core Java since 6, no extra libraries required

Example

ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ImageIO.write(image, "png", output);
DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(output.toByteArray());

Answer 3

Accepted answer reads the file from URL, if any one looking for image to Base64 encoding by reading the image from file system, below snippet can be used.

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Base64;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;

public String img2Text(){
    String base64="";
    try{
        InputStream iSteamReader = new FileInputStream("featured-700x467.png");
        byte[] imageBytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(iSteamReader);
        base64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(imageBytes);
        System.out.println(base64);
    }catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return "data:image/png;base64,"+base64;
}

Returned base64 text can be used in HTML pages like below example

 <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img src="data:image/png;base64,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 " alt="Smiley face" width="42" height="42"> </body> </html>

Answer 4

String imageURL = "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12166061?v=4" //I was saved image from remote address 
  
Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(IOUtils.toByteArray(new URL(imageURL).openStream()))

convert image to base64 with java

Question

4 answers

solution1
15 ACCPTED 2015-02-01 22:19:54

solution2
5 2015-02-01 22:15:53

solution3
4 2018-07-16 21:38:40

solution4
-1 2022-06-16 12:20:30

convert image to base64 with java

Question

4 answers

solution1 15 ACCPTED 2015-02-01 22:19:54

solution2 5 2015-02-01 22:15:53

solution3 4 2018-07-16 21:38:40

solution4 -1 2022-06-16 12:20:30

solution1
15 ACCPTED 2015-02-01 22:19:54

solution2
5 2015-02-01 22:15:53

solution3
4 2018-07-16 21:38:40

solution4
-1 2022-06-16 12:20:30