A python script to generate a base64 data-uri

README.markdown

Description

data-uri-b64encoder.py is a python script to generate a base64 data-uri. The idea behind this script was inpired by the Jose Jesus Perez Aguinaga's 'One line browser notepad' tip.

Usage

data-uri-b64encoder.py text/html <myhtmlfile.html>

data-uri-b64encoder.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import base64
import sys
import os

if len(sys.argv) != 3:
    print "USAGE: %s <data-type> <file>" % sys.argv[0]
    exit(1)

file = sys.argv[2]
if not os.path.exists(file):
    print "ERROR: Please specify an existing file"
    exit(2)

print "data:%s;base64,%s" % (sys.argv[1], base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[2], "r").read()))