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Various code examples to handle Base64 encoded strings.
Convert Base64 string to picture, 1
Example from forum member wp.
uses
Classes, Base64;
procedure DecodeBase64ToStream(AStream: TStream; const s: string; strict: boolean=false);
var
SD: String;
InStream: TStringStream;
Decoder: TBase64DecodingStream;
begin
if Length(s)=0 then
Exit;
SD := S;
while Length(Sd) mod 4 > 0 do
SD := SD + '=';
InStream:= TStringStream.Create(SD);
try
if strict then
Decoder:=TBase64DecodingStream.Create(InStream, bdmStrict)
else
Decoder:=TBase64DecodingStream.Create(InStream, bdmMIME);
try
AStream.CopyFrom(Decoder, Decoder.Size);
AStream.Position := 0;
finally
Decoder.Free;
end;
finally
InStream.Free;
end;
end;
var
base64String: String =
'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAARIAAAAdCAYAAABmFuNCAAAFPElEQVR4Xu2cy5oiIQyFdaPP'+
'PCt1Nc9sbxyRTlcqJuFAYdvf9HGjllSAQ/grXGR/vV5vO76oABWgAhsU2BMkG9TjrVSACjwU'+
'IEjoCFSACmxWwAXJ4XDY7fe73fX6scpg1nVtNLLZWzPEzqzyM6/3+sasdkT8kHlVlVo+/wSS'+
'4/Hv7nY71XBlf7nD5M/j86zruvEimzW/Q8oSDbnMjhiZVX7m9V7fmNWOiB8yr7zvaw3diKQI'+
'WF4CEd0ZZ1y3jahtaoDcgmngEi3JS4ASlTnL6zvrxbyqU7Z0QNLM8k/mtb2Pi4bT50hKCHSP'+
'ZR72Pz6uaVRhfxSIWIDs7+Q4n8+706k+Db8K/wkUOwTrypSJqQAV2KzAVJBoiPSCpEAkikCK'+
'rQKTm5NAohPCZLMv0AAVGFZgGkgsROpkLRaRaIhE0Yet4eVyeUQpAhdvcnhYFd5IBahAlwJT'+
'QLIFIqW0Nhqx0YdEHTog8dIwKulqeyamAtMU2AySGRAptfGGNRUgF1PZU5L2eVlymlI0RAWo'+
'QKgADJIKjDKBWveWWICUaz3DGSmRXmLTpfQhIikimCzL1bbGx+Px65I35Cq/y3WdVm4qv9nr'+
'0dAty0vnU6OxJV/9vVVer0Uz217Zo3oi/SXSArmODnmjOuo2yTRE6qHTSNk9P4h8I0ub5Y+2'+
'ldaq1ye89JGNKK3NP2q7Jkg8YHgCjUCkOsGyb2UNkhqJlD0tZT+LvEsa2eti77FL1guw1qDw'+
'GsiK1Or0kaNYKLXykvTRfbYcWb7lN+3c3mcPsr2d2wOvwHaWjq1yat2ieqMw8bRvXfN8ywNb'+
'D/SzBwvaqTOfR+qEpLF1SkHyaohokJTJU728q+HhwWTZNFfXgMukq95Alzkh2mG9RtV2s4gk'+
'6sxyf+tJY5+OSIewQPI6u+5wUUfoycvaQJ5siH0UlrrjekBG8/L0jjqUbUMU9LosSETSCw7E'+
'5xFIjDxAGyBZhgNRgyzLr9gKzXNla0RSJk8FCOW9QKF+X0ck+rvYEgiNgiSCw4ig2rHRzzad'+
'dTiv83vtEUUJmf3Wb60OjXSqrFxoR880yQDaa18DBYXibJBIm2htRzSMyt9qsxG/D0HyHdFI'+
'FSwe2kQQEcBYJxkFSRT+jwjagscItFBHbT3lkAgK7XhoCO6BCq2PLQuS50gkF7WZV07kGlI/'+
'pC66XCO+2CprFMEhUctT34uOEUBBUgz27mBdP10ikJRUdRPaeo7kfL9+C1Zu+iZbrdN536Mh'+
'SBYlZE8COzmXQcw+OVqdvAUSFGKtfDI46LprjaLrSF5eNGJtbx0G6Cggm1dC6ofON3l+osth'+
'fSxKH2mIgiTKswdeUEQiE6mHw/NQZ3SSVSov/5vwJ08rTAo46qt+9peK61AommztdVimpwJU'+
'AFegCyTFrAeTLRFJpeE6KtGbzerUifxLb4GI3QGbDWtwOZiSClCBEQWgyVYddWzdgOYVUkcl'+
'6Bb5B17U/28IkpHm5z1UYI4CwD4SGc7o4cXnQKPj/zSt4mZDHAsNbUtWdzikaSnM36nA6xRo'+
'gkSGM/oMkDJHsXVuxI9MKrT8f/k+HyUgS8bo5NbrZKRlKvC7FYBA8kqJ7BFuembaA4qUxUKk'+
'dRRcBeL7j5CcVQbdJrNsUkMeIdnrS1/90Vv+7TXWm14yz49azDfDrZf7/OMhdWebdWwej1rk'+
'UYu9vvQb/PCtZ7YWgZEjEpGICLEz64g+5rX9iD5q+H9p+PYzWxFIMA0VoAI/W4G3z5H8bHlY'+
'OipABRAFCBJEJaahAlQgVYAgoYNQASqwWYF/o2XhCcA1FYIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=';
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
stream: TMemoryStream;
begin
stream := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
DecodeBase64ToStream(stream, base64String);
Image1.Picture.LoadFromStream(stream);
finally
stream.Free;
end;
end;
Convert Base64 string to picture, 2
This unit is from forum member KodeZwerg. He created a pretty easy to handle method that supports now all (?) formats that Lazarus Graphics offers. To name them: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO and TIFF.
unit uBase64Image;
{$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
interface
uses
Classes, SysUtils, Graphics, ExtCtrls, Base64;
function FileToBytes(const AFilename: string): TBytes;
function BytesToBase64(const AData: TBytes): AnsiString;
function Base64ToBytes(const ABase64String: AnsiString): TBytes;
function GetGraphicClassFromBytes(const AData: TBytes): TGraphicClass;
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage);
implementation
{ convert any file into bytes }
function FileToBytes(const AFilename: string): TBytes;
var
FileStream: TFileStream;
begin
FileStream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead or fmShareDenyWrite);
try
SetLength(Result, FileStream.Size);
FileStream.ReadBuffer(Result[0], FileStream.Size);
finally
FileStream.Free;
end;
end;
{ convert bytes to base64 }
function BytesToBase64(const AData: TBytes): AnsiString;
var
encodedStream: TStringStream;
encodingStream: TBase64EncodingStream;
begin
encodedStream := TStringStream.Create('');
try
encodingStream := TBase64EncodingStream.Create(encodedStream);
try
encodingStream.WriteBuffer(AData[0], Length(AData));
finally
encodingStream.Free;
end;
Result := encodedStream.DataString;
finally
encodedStream.Free;
end;
end;
{ convert base64 to bytes }
function Base64ToBytes(const ABase64String: AnsiString): TBytes;
var
decodedStream: TBase64DecodingStream;
base64stream: TStringStream;
begin
base64stream := TStringStream.Create(ABase64String);
try
decodedStream := TBase64DecodingStream.Create(base64stream);
try
SetLength(Result, decodedStream.Size);
decodedStream.ReadBuffer(Result[0], decodedStream.Size);
finally
decodedStream.Free;
end;
finally
base64stream.Free;
end;
end;
{ determine the image format }
function GetGraphicClassFromBytes(const AData: TBytes): TGraphicClass;
begin
Result := nil;
// JPEG
if (((Length(AData) >= 8) and (CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$FF, $D8, $FF, $DB], 4)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$FF, $D8, $FF, $E0, $00, $10, $4A, $46], 8)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$49, $46, $00, $01], 4)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$FF, $D8, $FF, $EE], 4)
or (CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$FF, $D8, $FF, $E1], 4) and CompareMem(@AData[6], @[$45, $78], 2))
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$69, $66, $00, $00], 4)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$FF, $D8, $FF, $E0], 4)))) then
Result := TJPEGImage
else
// PNG
if ((Length(AData) >= 8) and CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$89, $50, $4E, $47, $0D, $0A, $1A, $0A], 8)) then
Result := TPortableNetworkGraphic
else
// GIF
if ((Length(AData) >= 6) and (CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$47, $49, $46, $38, $37, $61], 6)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$47, $49, $46, $38, $39, $61], 6))) then
Result := TGIFImage
else
// BMP
if ((Length(AData) >= 2) and CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$42, $4D], 2)) then
Result := TBitmap
else
// ICON
if ((Length(AData) >= 4) and CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$00, $00, $01, $00], 4)) then
Result := TIcon
else
// TIFF
if ((Length(AData) >= 4) and (CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$49, $49, $2A, $00], 4)
or CompareMem(@AData[0], @[$4D, $4D, $00, $2A], 6))) then
Result := TTiffImage
else
raise Exception.Create('Unknown Graphic Type!');
end;
{ analyze and display a found image format into a TImage }
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage);
var
bytes: TBytes;
graphic: TGraphic;
stream: TStream;
begin
AImage.Picture.Clear;
bytes := Base64ToBytes(ABase64String);
graphic := GetGraphicClassFromBytes(bytes).Create;
try
stream := TBytesStream.Create(bytes);
try
graphic.LoadFromStream(stream);
finally
stream.Free;
end;
AImage.Picture.Assign(graphic);
finally
graphic.Free;
end;
end;
end.
Convert Base64 string to picture, using BGRABitmap
This unit is from forum member KodeZwerg. You must install the BGRABitmap component. But you can also use this unit without BGRABitmap, if you disable the define "UseBGRA" in the top of the "interface" part.
unit ubase64image;
(* ************************* *)
(* * Base64 to Image * *)
(* ************************* *)
{ Created: 2023 by KodeZwerg }
{ Dialect: FreePascal }
{ Type: Helper unit }
{ License: Unlicensed }
{ This unit can convert a Base64 encoded string into a TImage }
{ Additional you can do the opposite, create from a file a Base64 }
{ Thank you Remy for teaching me about TGraphicClass usage! }
{ Thank you paweld for beta testing and fixing a transparency bug! }
{ Thank you wp for teaching me more about TGraphicClass usage! }
{ Thank you wp for complaining about my original names, critism help! }
{$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
interface
// remove the dot to utilize BGRABitmap package
// put a dod infront of $ to deactivate BGRABitmap support
{$DEFINE UseBGRA}
uses
Classes, SysUtils, Graphics, ExtCtrls, Dialogs, Types, LCLType, Controls,
Base64
{$If defined(UseBGRA)},BGRABitmap, BGRABitmapTypes, BGRAGraphics, BGRASVG, BGRAOpenRaster, BGRAPhoxo, BGRAPaintNet{$EndIf};
// this method creates a stream from a file, additional it can throw a warning if a certain mb limit is exceeded
function CreateStreamFromFile(const AFilename: string; var AStream: TStream; const AFileSizeWarningInMegabyte: Integer = 1): Boolean;
// this method convert a stream into a base64 string
function CreateBase64FromStream(const AStream: TStream): string;
// this method convert a base 64 into a stream
function CreateStreamFromBase64(const ABase64String: AnsiString): TStream;
// depending what mode you selected you having either this or that method available to display out of a base64 a timage
{$If defined(UseBGRA)}
// this method convert base64 into a timage, additional you can choose between a faster bitmap conversation or a slower png compressed variant
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage; const AFastMode: Boolean = False);
{$Else}
// this method convert a base64 into a timage
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage);
{$EndIf}
implementation
function CreateStreamFromFile(const AFilename: string; var AStream: TStream; const AFileSizeWarningInMegabyte: Integer = 1): Boolean;
function SizeToString(const ASize: UInt64; const oneKB: Integer = {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}1024{$ELSE}1000{$ENDIF}): string;
var
Calc: Extended;
Sign: String;
SizeLength: Integer;
begin
SizeLength := 0;
Calc := ASize;
while (Calc > oneKB) do
begin
Calc := Calc / oneKB;
Inc(SizeLength);
end;
case SizeLength of
0: Sign := ' byte';
1: Sign := ' kb'; // Kilo Byte
2: Sign := ' mb'; // Mega Byte
3: Sign := ' gb'; // Giga Byte
4: Sign := ' tb'; // Tera Byte
5: Sign := ' pb'; // Peta Byte
6: Sign := ' eb'; // Exa Byte
7: Sign := ' zb'; // Zetta Byte
8: Sign := ' yb'; // Yotta Byte
9: Sign := ' rb'; // Ronna Byte
10:Sign := ' qb'; // Quetta Byte
else
Sign :=' (' + IntToStr(SizeLength) + ')';
end;
Result := FormatFloat('#,##0.00', Calc) + Sign;
end;
const
oneKB = Integer({$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}1024{$ELSE}1000{$ENDIF});
oneMB = Integer(oneKB * oneKB);
var
FileStream: TFileStream;
begin
FileStream := TFileStream.Create(AFileName, fmOpenRead or fmShareDenyWrite);
try
Result := False;
if (FileStream.Size > (oneMB * AFileSizeWarningInMegabyte)) then
if QuestionDlg('Filesize Warning!',
Format('Filesize is bigger than %dmb (%s)!', [AFileSizeWarningInMegabyte, SizeToString(FileStream.Size)])
+ LineEnding + 'Continue loading?',
mtWarning, [mrYes, mrNo], 0) = mrNo then
Exit;
AStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
AStream.CopyFrom(FileStream, FileStream.Size);
finally
AStream.Position := 0;
Result := True;
end;
finally
FileStream.Free;
end;
end;
function CreateBase64FromStream(const AStream: TStream): string;
var
EncodedStream: TStringStream;
Encoder: TBase64EncodingStream;
begin
Result := '';
EncodedStream := TStringStream.Create('');
Encoder := TBase64EncodingStream.Create(EncodedStream);
try
AStream.Position := 0;
Encoder.CopyFrom(AStream, AStream.Size);
Encoder.Flush;
Result := EncodedStream.DataString;
AStream.Position := 0;
finally
Encoder.Free;
EncodedStream.Free;
end;
end;
function CreateStreamFromBase64(const ABase64String: AnsiString): TStream;
var
DecodedStream: TBase64DecodingStream;
Base64Stream: TStringStream;
begin
Base64Stream := TStringStream.Create(ABase64String);
try
DecodedStream := TBase64DecodingStream.Create(base64stream);
try
Result := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
Result.CopyFrom(DecodedStream, DecodedStream.Size);
finally
Result.Position := 0;
end;
finally
DecodedStream.Free;
end;
finally
Base64Stream.Free;
end;
end;
{$IfNDef UseBGRA}
function GetGraphicClassFromStream(const AStream: TStream): TGraphicClass;
function HasIconSignature(const AStream: TStream): Boolean;
const
IconSignature: array[0..3] of Byte = ($00, $00, $01, $00);
var
SignatureBytes: array[0..3] of Byte;
begin
AStream.Position := 0;
AStream.ReadBuffer(SignatureBytes, SizeOf(SignatureBytes));
Result := CompareMem(@SignatureBytes, @IconSignature, SizeOf(SignatureBytes));
AStream.Position := 0;
end;
const
REGISTERED: array[0..5] of TGraphicClass = (TBitmap, TJpegImage,
TPortableNetworkGraphic, TTiffImage, TGifImage, TPixMap);
var
i: Integer;
begin
Result := nil;
AStream.Position := 0;
for i := 0 to High(REGISTERED) do
if REGISTERED[i].IsStreamFormatSupported(AStream) then
begin
Result := REGISTERED[i];
AStream.Position := 0;
Exit;
end;
if HasIconSignature(AStream) then
Result := TIcon;
AStream.Position := 0;
end;
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage);
var
graphicClass: TGraphicClass;
graphic: TGraphic;
stream: TStream;
size: TSize;
begin
AImage.Picture.Clear;
stream := CreateStreamFromBase64(ABase64String);
graphicClass := GetGraphicClassFromStream(stream);
if Assigned(graphicClass) then
begin
graphic := graphicClass.Create;
try
graphic.LoadFromStream(stream);
if (graphicClass.ClassType = TIcon) then
begin
size.Width := AImage.Width;
size.Height := AImage.Height;
TIcon(graphic).Current := TIcon(graphic).GetBestIndexForSize(size);
end;
AImage.Picture.Assign(graphic);
finally
graphic.Free;
end;
end;
stream.Free;
end;
{$EndIf}
{$If defined(UseBGRA)}
function BGRABitmapToPNGStream(const ABGRABitmap: TBGRABitmap): TStream;
begin
Result := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
ABGRABitmap.SaveToStreamAsPng(Result);
finally
Result.Position := 0;
end;
end;
function BGRABitmapToBitmap(const ABGRABitmap: TBGRABitmap): TBitmap;
begin
Result := TBitmap.Create;
try
Result.PixelFormat := ABGRABitmap.Bitmap.PixelFormat;
Result.Transparent := ABGRABitmap.HasTransparentPixels or ABGRABitmap.HasSemiTransparentPixels;
Result.SetSize(ABGRABitmap.Width, ABGRABitmap.Height);
Result.Canvas.Lock;
try
Result.Canvas.Draw(0, 0, ABGRABitmap.Bitmap);
finally
Result.Canvas.Unlock;
end;
finally
end;
end;
procedure AssignBase64ToImage(const ABase64String: AnsiString; const AImage: TImage; const AFastMode: Boolean = False);
var
BGRABitmap: TBGRABitmap;
Stream: TStream;
bmp: TBitmap;
begin
AImage.Picture.Clear;
Stream := CreateStreamFromBase64(ABase64String);
if (DetectFileFormat(Stream) <> ifUnknown) then
begin
BGRABitmap := TBGRABitmap.Create;
try
try
BGRABitmap.LoadFromStream(Stream);
finally
Stream.Free;
end;
if AFastMode then
begin
bmp := BGRABitmapToBitmap(BGRABitmap);
try
AImage.Transparent := bmp.Transparent;
AImage.Picture.Assign(bmp);
finally
bmp.Free;
end;
end
else
begin
Stream := BGRABitmapToPNGStream(BGRABitmap);
try
AImage.Transparent := BGRABitmap.HasTransparentPixels or BGRABitmap.HasSemiTransparentPixels;
AImage.Picture.PNG.LoadFromStream(Stream);
finally
Stream.Free;
end;
end;
finally
BGRABitmap.Free;
end;
end
else
Stream.Free;
end;
{$EndIf}
initialization
{$If defined(UseBGRA)}
BGRASVG.RegisterSvgFormat;
BGRAOpenRaster.RegisterOpenRasterFormat;
BGRAPhoxo.RegisterPhoxoFormat;
BGRAPaintNet.RegisterPaintNetFormat;
{$EndIf}
end.
