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fetch images with xhr
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Kitten!</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<script type="text/javascript">
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'http://example.com/images/kitten.jpg', true);
xhr.onload = function(){
var img = new Image();
var response = xhr.responseText;
var binary = ""
for(i=0;i<response.length;i++){
binary += String.fromCharCode(response.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff);
}
img.src = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + btoa(binary);
var canvas = document.getElementById('showImage');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
context.drawImage(img,0,0);
var snapshot = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
var twinImage = document.getElementById('twinImg');
twinImage.src = snapshot;
}
xhr.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
xhr.send();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="showImage" width="200" height="200"></canvas>
<img src="#" id="twinImg" />
</body>
</html>
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