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I am receiving a bindata from the Nodejs server and now from that I need to display an image.

How can I achieve this? Is there any method to convert bindata to JPEG or any other format? Or is it possible to convert that in server and then send that image to react?

Here's how I'm trying to display the binary data (item.Image.data.data) with an image tag:

<img src={item.Image.data.data} />

This is my detailed react code snippet:

componentDidMount(){
  let self = this;
  axios.get('http://localhost:8080/list')
    .then(function(data) {
      console.log(data);
      self.setState({post:data.data});
    });
}

<ul className="w3-ul w3-card-4 w3-light-grey">
  { this.state.post.map((item, index) => {
    return (
      <Link  to="/displaylist" style={{ textDecoration: 'none' }} key={index}>
        <li className=" w3-hover-green w3-padding-16" onClick={this.handleClick(item.Id)}>
          <img src={item.Image.data.data} className="w3-left w3-circle w3-margin-right" width="60px" height="40px" />
          <span>{item.Firstname}</span><br/><br/>
        </li>
      </Link>
      )}
  )}
</ul>

This is my nodejs code snippet:

server.get('/list', function(req, res) {
    databaseInterface.listStudent(function(err, students) {
      var myJSON = students;

      res.json(myJSON);
      // You should see the newly saved student here
    });
});
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4 Answers4

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If the binary data is represented as a base64 string:

// Base64 string data
const data = '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const Example = ({ data }) => <img src={`data:image/jpeg;base64,${data}`} />

ReactDOM.render(<Example data={data} />, document.getElementById('container'))
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>

If you just have an image URL, you can simply do:

const imageURL = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/React-icon.svg/1280px-React-icon.svg.png'

const Example = ({ imageURL }) =>  <img src={imageURL} width={100} />

ReactDOM.render(<Example imageURL={imageURL} />, document.getElementById('container'))
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>
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If you need to display binary image from api, and the binary data look like this ����JFIF��� ��� convert to blob first and use URL.createObjectUrl(BLOB);

  1. using axios, add {responseType: 'blob'} to the config

or

  1. using fetch api, response.blob();

display image from blob <img src={URL.createObjectURL(responseData)} />

I don't know is this the best solution or not, but it works.

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    this is the answer for that JFIF response – Karl Anthony Baluyot May 06 '20 at 04:17
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    in number 1, using axios, add `{responseType: 'blob'}` to the config, I have code like this ` return axios.post(`${API_MOBILE}/${path}`, formData, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data', }, })` did I should put `{responseType: 'blob'} inside `return.axios()`? – jhon Jul 06 '20 at 03:13
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62748564/how-to-convert-data-binary-into-image-in-reactjs?noredirect=1#comment110964426_62748564 here my question, please come and give some suggestion for me please – jhon Jul 06 '20 at 03:14
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If you get the data as

1) Base64 Encoded string

It will look like iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUh...

Then just prepend data:image/jpeg;base64, or data:image/png;base64, as per your filetype on the src value.

2) Non Base64 Encoded string

The data of response will look like ����JFIF��� ���

In that case, use responseType: "arraybuffer" in the request

and we will get the response as arrayBuffer which can then be converted to base64 string and later you can prepend the data:image/jpeg;base64, when you use it as the src of an img tag.

Refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/68587064/6707951

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You can simply concatenate your variable with server path:

<img src={`http://yourip${cat.path}`} width="100px" height="100px" />

<img src={`${serverUrl}${cat.path}`} width="100px" height="100px" />

This is working very well for me, hope this will help you!

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