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Make a base64 encoded PNG in Python 2. The URI format for an img element's src attribute is data:image/png;base64 followed by a comma, followed by the content of the base64 encoded text file.
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base64encode_png.py
import base64
raw = open("path/to/image.png","rb")
encoded = open("path/to/image.png.base64.txt", "w")
encoded.write(base64.b64encode(raw.read()))
exit()
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