Help converting python one-liner...

[David Bovill]

I need to put encodeImageData into json (which is utf-8) and then post it
to the api. I'm not sure what aspects of base64 encoding would not be utf8
compatible... seem to remember there are some quirks there to be aware of.
The python code does  the decode("utf-8") step at the end - so I guess
there is some issue with raw base64 encoding in json?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 19:26, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 4/24/2024 1:43 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote:
> > I'm trying to base64 encode an image and include it into a json file to
> > post to an api. The python code that accomplishes this is:
> >
> > image1_data =
> > base64.b64encode(httpx.get(image1_url).content).decode("utf-8")
> >
> > When I try to follow the logic in Livecode I get:
> >
> > put url imageUrl into sImage
> > put base64Encode (sImage) into base64Image
> > put textDecode (base64Image, "UTF-8") into encodedImageData
> >
> > However the api complains that the image is not encoded properly. Adding
> or
> > removing the "textDecode" step does not help. Any thoughts?
> >
>
> This is just a guess, but I thing your last line needs to be:
>
> put textEncode(base64Image,"UTF-8") into encodedImageData
>
> textDecode in Livecode converts from the format (UTF-8) to Livecode's
> 16bit internal unicode
>
> textEncode converts from livecode's internal 16bit unicode to the
> indicated format (UTF-8).
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