How to encode media in base64 given URL in Ruby

Question

I\'m trying to upload an image to PingFM. Their documentation says:

media – base64 encoded media data.

I can access this image via the URL.

Answer 1

In case it's useful to others, here's how to save a screenshot as base64 using Watir

browser = Watir::Browser.new(:chrome, {:chromeOptions => {:args => ['--headless', '--window-size=1000x1000']}})
browser.goto("http://www.yourimage.com")
browser.screenshot.base64

The beauty of this is you don't need to store the image itself