Converting base64 images to base64 JPG

Question

I have a feature with my application where a user can upload a photo. I would like to convert the photo into a JPG file and then upload it to my servers.

The photo is received in base64. I've seen other answers which suggest using PIL however, it saves the image to a local directory. Instead I would like to convert the received image into a base64 JPG image.

How would I do this? Thanks.

I don't quite understand, you have base64 of a jpg file and you want to get the jpg file? Just decode it data.decode('base64') — DorElias, Sep 13 '15 at 18:02
Sorry, I ment that I have a base64 of any image file, for example a .png and I would like to convert it into base64 .jpg. — Pav Sidhu, Sep 13 '15 at 18:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '15 at 18:51

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try this:

import base64
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

im = Image.open(BytesIO(base64.b64decode(data)))
output = BytesIO()
im.save(output, 'JPEG')
jpg_img = output.read()

it will save the data to a stream ( the same way tou enter it) and then you can read from that stream

answered Sep 13 '15 at 18:51

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Thanks. This will not save the image to a file though right? – Pav Sidhu Sep 13 '15 at 18:57
Right, it will only keep it in memory – DorElias Sep 13 '15 at 19:00

Converting base64 images to base64 JPG

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