Encoding file to Base64

Base64Example.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import base64

image = open('demo.pdf', 'rb')  # open binary file in read mode
image_read = image.read()
image_64_encode = base64.b64encode(image_read)

# Decode test
image_64_decode = base64.decodestring(image_64_encode)
image_result = open('demo_decoded.pdf', 'wb')  # create a writable image and write the decoding result
image_result.write(image_64_decode)

# Creates an XML containing the Base64 encoding
root = ET.Element("Metadata", name = "AnexoImagemB64")
doc = ET.SubElement(root, "data")
doc.text = image_64_encode
ET.SubElement(doc, "dimension").text = 1
#ET.SubElement(doc, "field1", name="image_64_decode").text = image_64_encode
tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
tree.write("filename.xml")


# Reading XML
tree = ET.parse('C:\Users\Jonathan\OneDrive\Workspace\PDF2Base64\pseries.xml')
root = tree.getroot()

# STEP 3: EXPORTAR XML PARA BASE DE DADOS
tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
f = BytesIO()  # used to write the XML document to a fake file
tree.write(f, encoding='utf-8')  # version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"
xml_file = f.getvalue()
# Insert entry in the DOF table
logging.info('Exportando story %s' % item_fields.item_name)
update_dof_database(xml_file, story, d)