buffer-to-data-url/readme.md

Creates a base64-encoded data URL from a Buffer and a mimetype.

# buffer-to-data-url


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**Creates a base64-encoded data URL from a Buffer and a mimetype.**





## Installation

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```bash
npm install --save buffer-to-data-url@^1.0.0
```

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```bash
yarn add buffer-to-data-url@^1.0.0
```

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```bash
npm install --save @jaid/buffer-to-data-url@^1.0.0
```



## Example


```javascript
import bufferToDataUrl from "buffer-to-data-url"

const imageBuffer = fs.readFileSync("pikachu_8x8.png")
const dataUrl = bufferToDataUrl("image/png", imageBuffer)
```

Variable `result` will be:

```javascript
"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAgAAAAICAYAAADED76LAAAARklEQVQoU2P8/Z/hPwMewEiUAhaG/wyMjIwMv6FmIfPBJrAyQuyAKUDmo1iBrhCkifG/oBrY4D/vbqE4lUVIDcwnrICQLwAWoihJ/lJMVwAAAABJRU5ErkJgggAA"
```

















## Development



Setting up:
```bash
git clone git@github.com:jaid/buffer-to-data-url.git
cd buffer-to-data-url
npm install
```
Testing:
```bash
npm run test:dev
```
Testing in production environment:
```bash
npm run test
```


## License
[MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaid/buffer-to-data-url/master/license.txt)  
Copyright © 2020, Jaid \<jaid.jsx@gmail.com> (https://github.com/jaid)