Best way to base64encode a jpeg file ?

[Bob Sneidar]

I heard that the base64encode puts a carriage return at a certain interval of characters (not sure how many). 

Bob S


> On Feb 3, 2025, at 12:25 AM, jbv via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Le 2025-02-02 21:10, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode a écrit :
>> jbv wrote:
>>> I need to base64encode a serie of jpeg files to include
>>> the code in a curl request.
>>> What is the best way to do that ?
>> Depends.  What's on the receiving end, and what options does it support?
> 
> Actually, my question was not about the serie of files, but rather how
> to base64encode the relevant data of each jpeg file.
> I tried to open a file and encode it, but it was rejected in the curl
> request, so I assumed that unnecessary extra data had been added.
> The idea of importing the files into an image control came from this
> forum post : https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=24274
> in which someone suggested this :
>  put the text of image "thumbnail" into temp
>  put base64encode(temp) into image_base64
> 
> The syntax of the multimodal curl I am using is as follow :
>  {"type": "image_url", "image_url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,ENCODED_IMAGE_HERE"}
> 
> Thanks,
> jbv
> 
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