How do I save base64 string as png image in Qt?

Question

I want to write function which saves input base64 string as a png image to local. How can I do it in Qt?

Answer 1

This is a simple program I wrote sometime ago for testing png and base64. It accepts a png encoded in base64 from standard input, show it and than save it to specified path (output.png if nothing has been specified). This wont work if base64 string is not a png.

#include <QtCore>
#include <QApplication>

#include <QImage>
#include <QByteArray>
#include <QTextStream>
#include <QDebug>
#include <QLabel>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    QString filename = "output.png";
    if (argc > 1) {
        filename = argv[1];
    }
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    QTextStream stream(stdin);
    qDebug() << "reading";
    //stream.readAll();
    qDebug() << "read complete";
    QByteArray base64Data = stream.readAll().toAscii();
    QImage image;
    qDebug() << base64Data;
    image.loadFromData(QByteArray::fromBase64(base64Data), "PNG");
    QLabel label(0);
    label.setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(image));
    label.show();
    qDebug() << "writing";
    image.save(filename, "PNG");
    qDebug() << "write complete";
    return a.exec();
}