Converting an image to base64 in angular 2

Question

Converting an image to base64 in angular 2, image is uploaded from local . Current am using fileLoadedEvent.target.result. The problem is, when I send this base64 string thr

Answer 1

Here is the same code from Parth Ghiya but written in ES6/TypeScript format

picture: string;
handleFileSelect(evt){
    const file = evt.target.files[0];
    if (!file) {
        return false;
    }
    const reader = new FileReader();
    
    reader.onload = () => {
        this.picture = reader.result as string;
    };

    console.log(btoa(this.picture));
}