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In which format are images gathered from the getUser function from the kik API

With the functions 

kik.photo.get(options, callback)

kik.photo.getFromCamera(options, callback)

kik.photo.getFromGallery(options, callback)

I can receive photos in Data URL Format.

I also can receive the profile picture and thumbnail with

kik.getUser()

However the documentation ( http://dev.kik.com/docs/ ) doesn`t state in which format the images are received using this function and it doesn't seem to be Data-URL, so my question is.

In which format are thumbnail and profile pictures returned when using the kik.getUser() function.

Solution

  • It returns a URL to an image hosted on a CDN (not a data URI). That images on the CDN are jpeg-encoded