Snippet convert JPEG/etc to WEBP

example.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

def image_to_webp(src, dest):
    import webp
    import io
    from PIL import Image

    # @todo Maybe there's a better way to load this as a stream instead of into RAM, tho my images are all small.
    with open(src, "rb") as r:
        rb = r.read()
        o = Image.open(io.BytesIO(rb))
        r.close()

    pic = webp.WebPPicture.from_pil(o)
    config = webp.WebPConfig.new(preset=webp.WebPPreset.PICTURE, quality=80)
    buf = pic.encode(config).buffer()

    with open(dest, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(buf)
        f.close()