Encode image file to base64

Question

I have a trouble to convert an image to base64 and send it through xml-rpc client, the xml-RPC server respond and gives this error

a bytes-like object is required, not '_io.BufferedReader'

import base64
        with open(full_path, 'rb') as imgFile:
            image = base64.b64encode(imgFile)

Answer 1

You have given file pointer but should give binary data.

You should write as following :

import base64
with open(full_path, 'rb') as imgFile:
    image = base64.b64encode(imgFile.read())