Convert a String to Stream

Question

I\'ve download an image from the Internet and converted to a String (This is not changeable)

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Answer 1

Converting binary data to a string in the way you have shown will render it useless. You can't pull it pack out. The text encoding hoses it.

You need to use Base64 - like @Marc shows.