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base64_uri

Generate the Data URI for a file

Description

Encode the file in the base64 encoding, and add the media type. The data URI can be used to embed data in HTML documents, e.g., in the src attribute of the <img /> tag.

Usage

base64_uri(x)

Arguments

`x`	A file path.

Value

A string of the form data:<media type>;base64,<data>.

Examples

logo = xfun:::R_logo()
img = htmltools::img(src = xfun::base64_uri(logo), alt = "R logo")
if (interactive()) htmltools::browsable(img)

xfun

Miscellaneous Functions to Support Packages Maintained by 'Yihui Xie'

v0.22

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Yihui Xie [aut, cre, cph] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666>), Wush Wu [ctb], Daijiang Li [ctb], Xianying Tan [ctb], Salim Brüggemann [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-5987>), Christophe Dervieux [ctb]

Initial release