Convert an image to base64 string and convert base64 string to a django image

image_to_base64.py

import base64

from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile


def image_to_base64(image) -> str:
    """Converts image to base64 string"""

    return base64.b64encode(image.read()).decode()


def convert_str_to_image(image_data: str):
    """Converts base 64 string to django image"""

    decoded_data = base64.b64decode(image_data.encode())

    myfile = SimpleUploadedFile.from_dict(
        {
            "filename": "logo",
            "content": decoded_data,
            "content-type": "'image/jpeg'",
        }
    )

    return myfile
    
    
    
 
###################### USAGE ######################
# 1. This can be used to pass image data into celery
# 2. Can be used to store image data as base64
# 3. Can be used to transfer image data with json as base64 
# 4. Can be used to convert base64 image data to image file