NSImage to Base64

Question

I need to create a base64 string representation of an NSImage cocoa object. What\'s the best way of handling this, apple documentation seems to be a little short on the subj

Answer 1

Here is a Swift 2 extension to convert NSImage into a base64 string:

private extension NSImage {
    var base64String:String? {
    guard let rep = NSBitmapImageRep(
        bitmapDataPlanes: nil,
        pixelsWide: Int(size.width),
        pixelsHigh: Int(size.height),
        bitsPerSample: 8,
        samplesPerPixel: 4,
        hasAlpha: true,
        isPlanar: false,
        colorSpaceName: NSDeviceRGBColorSpace,
        bytesPerRow: 0,
        bitsPerPixel: 0
        ) else {
            print("Couldn't create bitmap representation")
            return nil
    }

    NSGraphicsContext.saveGraphicsState()
    NSGraphicsContext.setCurrentContext(NSGraphicsContext(bitmapImageRep: rep))
    drawAtPoint(NSZeroPoint, fromRect: NSZeroRect, operation: .CompositeSourceOver, fraction: 1.0)
    NSGraphicsContext.restoreGraphicsState()

    guard let data = rep.representationUsingType(NSBitmapImageFileType.NSPNGFileType, properties: [NSImageCompressionFactor: 1.0]) else {
        print("Couldn't create PNG")
        return nil
    }
    return data.base64EncodedStringWithOptions([])
}
}