gulp-base64-inline

Inline images via base64

This gulp plugin inline images via base64. It inlines only images you want. Wrap image name with inline function in source code.

Syntax

base64('path-to-image' [, options])

Parameters

path-to-image

• A String that is path of the image folder.
• Default value: /.

options [optional]

Option	Description	Default value
prefix	A String that will insert before base64 String	url(
suffix	A String that will append after base64 String	)
includeMime	true: will insert datatype String before the main base64 String. Ex: data:image/jpeg;base64,	true

Examples

Without option:

JS:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var base64 = require('gulp-base64-inline');

gulp.task('css', function () {
    return gulp.src('css/style.css')
        .pipe(base64('../assets/img'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('assets/css/'));
    }
);

Input:

.star {
    background: inline('star.svg');
}

Output:

.star {
    background: url(data:image/svg;base64,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);
}

With options:

JS:

var gulp = require('gulp');
var base64 = require('gulp-base64-inline');

gulp.task('html', function () {
    return gulp.src('index.html')
        .pipe(base64('../assets/img',{
            prefix: "",
            suffix: ""
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('assets/css/'));
    }
);

Input:

<img src="inline('star.png')">

Output:

<img src="data:image/png;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48IURPQ1RZUEUgc3ZnIFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vVzNDLy9EVEQgU1ZHIDEuMS8vRU4iICJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy9HcmFwaGljcy9TVkcvMS4xL0RURC9zdmcxMS5kdGQiPjxzdmcgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQzIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNDUgNDMiIHdpZHRoPSI0NSI+PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjMzIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMzUgMzMiIHdpZHRoPSIzNSIgeD0iNSIgeT0iNSI+PHRpdGxlPnN0YXI8L3RpdGxlPjxkZXNjPkNyZWF0ZWQgd2l0aCBTa2V0Y2guPC9kZXNjPjxwYXRoIHN0cm9rZT0iIzk3OTc5NyIgZmlsbD0iI0Q4RDhEOCIgZD0iTTE3LjUgMjYuMjVMNy4yMTQgMzEuNjU4bDEuOTY0LTExLjQ1NC04LjMyLTguMTEyIDExLjUtMS42N0wxNy41IDBsNS4xNDMgMTAuNDIgMTEuNSAxLjY3Mi04LjMyIDguMTEyIDEuOTYzIDExLjQ1NHoiLz48L3N2Zz48L3N2Zz4=">