How to convert file stream to data URI in Python?

Question

I have an image file stream in Python:

\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\x00\x00\x00\rIHDR\x00\x00\x04\x87...

How do I convert this to a data URI ?

'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAU...'

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Matt norris Jun 13 '11 at 4:02

1 answer

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-13T04:04:37+0000

Encode it in base64, then remove the newlines.

>>> '\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\x00\x00\x00\rIHDR\x00\x00\x04\x87...'.encode('base64').replace('\n', '')
'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABI....'