Convert blob to base64

Question

This is a snippet for the code that I want to do Blob to Base64 string:

This commented part works and when the URL generated by this is set to img src it displays the image:

var blob = items[i].getAsFile();
//var URLObj = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
//var source = URLObj.createObjectURL(blob);
//console.log("image source=" + source);
                        
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event){
console.log(event.target.result)
}; // data url!
var source = reader.readAsBinaryString(blob);

The problem is with the lower code, the source variable generated is null

Update:

Is there an easier way to do this with JQuery to be able to create Base64 String from the Blob file as in the code above?

Answer 1

var reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsDataURL(blob); 
reader.onloadend = function() {
  var base64data = reader.result;                
  console.log(base64data);
}

Form the docs readAsDataURL encodes to base64

As an awaitable function:

function blobToBase64(blob) {
  return new Promise((resolve, _) => {
    const reader = new FileReader();
    reader.onloadend = () => resolve(reader.result);
    reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
  });
}

Note: The blob's result cannot be directly decoded as Base64 without first removing the Data-URL declaration preceding the Base64-encoded data. To retrieve only the Base64 encoded string, first remove data:/;base64, from the result.