Download Binary Files as Encoded Strings

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Hi Guys,

Still trying to find out on how to download Binary Files as Encoded Strings instead of physical file.

I saw sample in CHILKAT here >> https://www.example-code.com/xojo/scp_binary_encoded.asp

But maybe, there a native solution from XOJO?

I hope somebody made this things already.

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I’m not sure what the problem is that you’re trying to solve. Is the difficulty in transferring the file or converting it to Base64?

Does the plug-in you referenced do what you want? If so, that’s the “native solution” you seek, no? Otherwise, I think we need more detail about what you’re trying to accomplish.

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Hi Kem,

My problem I want to solve is:
How to download an image file from a url location, and instead of saving it, I like to get the converted string base64) of it.

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If you do a download of your image with a basic http socket like

Dim socket1 As New HTTPSocket Dim data As String = socket1.Get("url to your image here", 30)

then you have the possibility to convert the “data” variable to base64.

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Thanks Beatrix for the actual code.

I tried it and it works!