Why and how to convert file into a base64 string

Question

I am using React Native to send a post request to an endpoint. In this post request, one of the params has to be a file. Can I set the param to the direct image selected from the camera roll, or turn it into a string first, using a base64 string?

Answer 1

You can covert any image into base64 using package called imageStore which comes from react-native

ImageStore.getBase64ForTag(uri,success=>{
//do something with your image's base64
},failure=>{
//handle error
})

pass uri which you get from cameraRoll