Read a Binary File to std::vector<BYTE>

read_file_binary.hpp

#include <fstream>
#include <iterator>

inline std::vector<uint8_t> read_file_binary(const std::string& file_path)
{
	std::ifstream file_buffer(file_path, std::ios::binary);
	file_buffer.unsetf(std::ios::skipws);

	file_buffer.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
	const auto size = file_buffer.tellg();
	file_buffer.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);

	std::vector<uint8_t> buffer;
	buffer.reserve(size);

	buffer.insert(buffer.begin(), std::istream_iterator<uint8_t>(file_buffer), std::istream_iterator<uint8_t>());

	return buffer;
}