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ingeniarius/file_to_data_uri.rb

Created August 1, 2011 19:11
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Convert binary file to data URI base64 encoded
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file_to_data_uri.rb
require 'base64'
file = ARGV[0]
mimetype = `file -b --mime-type #{file}`.gsub(/\n/,'')
puts "data:#{mimetype};base64," << Base64.encode64(File.read(file)).gsub(/\n/, '')
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