Help converting python one-liner...

[Paul Dupuis]

If json need utf8, then the last line needs to be:

put textEncode(base64Image,"UTF-8") into encodedImageData

textEncode will convert the bas64 data (stored in livecode as 16bit characters) to UTF8

On 4/24/2024 2:45 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote:
> 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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