How to upload FILE_URI using Google Drive API: Insert File

Question

On Android, I\'m trying to upload the output from Cordova/Phonegap getPicture() using Google Drive API: Insert File. Is there a way to do this using the FILE_URI instead of

Answer 1

Thanks to Arun for pointing me in the right direction. I ended up using this javascript function, which was based off http://jsfiddle.net/jasdeepkhalsa/L5HmW/

function getBase64Image(imgElem) {
// imgElem must be on the same server otherwise a cross-origin error will be thrown "SECURITY_ERR: DOM Exception 18"
    var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
    canvas.width = imgElem.clientWidth;
    canvas.height = imgElem.clientHeight;
    var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
    ctx.drawImage(imgElem, 0, 0);
    var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/jpeg");
    dataURL = dataURL.replace(/^data:image\/(png|jpg|jpeg);base64,/, "");
    return dataURL;
}