I am unable to convert http.get image into base 64

Question

app.getImage = function() {

    var image = Meteor.http.get("https://turtlerock-discourse.global.ssl.fastly.net/user_avatar/talk.turtlerockstudios.com/takran/45/879.png", {

    });
    var prefix = "data:image/png;base64,";
    var imagebase64 = new Buffer(image.content, 'binary').toString('base64');
    imagebase64 = prefix + imagebase64;

    console.log(imagebase64);
    return imagebase64;
}

but I am not seeing results, any help? This is a dummy text for the error.

I think you're having the same problem I described in this answer : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25654965/downloading-remote-images-using-meteor-cfs/25655326#25655326 — saimeunt, Nov 27 '14 at 21:12
This is on the server side, as new Buffer is not available on client side. — nicolsondsouza, Nov 28 '14 at 07:18

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '15 at 19:54

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a pure Meteor solutions:

    var response = HTTP.call('GET', url,{npmRequestOptions: { encoding: null }})

    var data = "data:" + response.headers["content-type"] + ";base64," + new Buffer(response.content).toString('base64');

answered Jul 31 '15 at 19:54

cesarve

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '14 at 07:22

This is how I fixed this issue.

app.getImage = function(){

var myrequest = request.defaults({ encoding: null });

var fut = new Future(); 
var options = {
    "url" : "https://any.domain.com/any.png"
}
myrequest.get(options, function (error, response, body) {
    if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        var data = "data:" + response.headers["content-type"] + ";base64," + new Buffer(body).toString('base64');
        fut.return(data);
    }
    else
        fut.return(null);
});

return fut.wait();

}

I was assuming this solution should have come with meteor code itself, but it doesn't, I had to use nodejs way to do it.

I will still be waiting for someone to post an answer based on pure meteor way.

I am unable to convert http.get image into base 64

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