package utils import ( "encoding/base64" "fmt" "regexp" ) // ProcessBase64Image transforms a base64 encoded string from a form post and returns the MD5 hash of the data and the // image itself as a byte slice. func ProcessBase64Image(imageString string) (string, []byte, error) { if imageString == "" { return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("empty image string") } regex := regexp.MustCompile(`^data:.+\/(.+);base64,(.*)$`) matches := regex.FindStringSubmatch(imageString) var encodedString string if len(matches) > 2 { encodedString = regex.FindStringSubmatch(imageString)[2] } else { encodedString = imageString } imageData, err := GetDataFromBase64String(encodedString) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } return MD5FromBytes(imageData), imageData, nil } // GetDataFromBase64String returns the given base64 encoded string as a byte slice func GetDataFromBase64String(encodedString string) ([]byte, error) { return base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(encodedString) } // GetBase64StringFromData returns the given byte slice as a base64 encoded string func GetBase64StringFromData(data []byte) string { return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(data) // Really slow //result = regexp.MustCompile(`(.{60})`).ReplaceAllString(result, "$1\n") //if result[len(result)-1:] != "\n" { // result += "\n" //} //return result }