Basefile provides a flexible API to store files as raw base64 text and then retreieve them.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'basefile'
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install basefile
require 'basefile'
input_file = "./user_upload.png"
# Encode file
handler = Basefile::FileHandler.new
handler.filein = input_file
base64_str = handler.encode_file
puts base64_str
# Decode / File
handler.fileout = "./new_file.png"
handler.decode_file(base64_str)
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/tripwyre/basefile.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
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