Image to binary data in java

Image to binary data in java

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Today i learn a new thing. That is come across like this way.. I tried to install \"Bing\" search provider to my Mozilla Firefox. But that Bing favicon is not shown on the search provider.

[![image1](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X5tq9y9xv2s/TMiSnHN2BZI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/2nhvag3eIO0/s320/Bing+search+provider.png)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X5tq9y9xv2s/TMiSnHN2BZI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/2nhvag3eIO0/s1600/Bing+search+provider.png)

Download the mozilla firefox addon from here . It gave an xml file for me.

My internet connection is not available at that time. so the favicon \[ not downloaded\] for Bing is not shown for me. But the favicon for other search provider like google and amazon are shown. So i thought this is some thing different. Find the path for searchplugin in mozilla. In ubuntu the search provider location is

.. raw:: html

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">

/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US

.. raw:: html

</div>

For google and others the image tag is look like the below

<img alt="" width="16" height="16"
  />data:image/png;base64,AAABAAEAEBAAAAEAGABoAw.........

Now i realized we can use the binary data of the image as a src instead of image url. Here the wiki page for that

You can use the binary data in \"img\" tag in html

<img alt="Embedded Image"
  src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAAN................ />

So i write java program for to convert image to data. Here is the code for your reference

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.dv.util.Base64;

public class Image2Base64 {

 public static void main(String args[]) {
   try {
     BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File("favicon.png"));
     ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     ImageIO.write(image, "png", baos);
     String encodedImage = Base64.encode(baos.toByteArray());
     System.out.println(encodedImage);
   } catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   }
 }
}

Here is the Bing img in data format

Embedded
Image

Finally i Fix the Bing favicon problem in my Firefox search plugin

Steps:

Remove the Bing search plugin first.
Goto Manage Search Engine → Select Bing → Remove
Copy the below xml and save as bing.xml in "/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US" for ubuntu OR "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\searchplugins" for windows
Restart your Firefox

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<ShortName>Bing</ShortName>
<Tags>Bing</Tags>
<Description>Bing. Search by Microsoft.</Description>
<Contact>[email protected]</Contact>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<SyndicationRight>limited</SyndicationRight>
<Image width="16"
  height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAAAAEAGABoAwAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEAGAAAAAAAAAAAABMLAAATCwAAAAAAAAAAAAAVpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8ysf97zf+24%2F%2FF6f%2FF6f%2FF6f+K0%2F9QvP8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8krP+Z2P%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fw+f%2FF6f%2FF6f%2Fi9P%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FT7v9Bt%2F8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv%2FT7v%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fw+f97zf8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv9QvP%2FT7v%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fw+f9Bt%2F8Vpv8Vpv97zf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F9QvP8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8krP%2Fi9P%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fi9P8Vpv8Vpv+24%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fi9P8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv+K0%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8krP8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv+n3v%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fw+f8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F+n3v8krP8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv9tx%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F+Z2P8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2Fi9P+K0%2F9QvP9QvP9tx%2F%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F+n3v8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FT7v+Z2P%2Fi9P%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F+24%2F9QvP8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FF6f8Vpv8Vpv8krP9QvP9QvP9Bt%2F8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv%2FF6f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FF6f8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv9Bt%2F9QvP9Bt%2F8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8Vpv8AAHBsAABhdAAAbiAAAHJ0AABsaQAAdGkAACBDAABlbgAAUEEAAEVYAAAuQwAAOy4AAEU7AABBVAAAQ00AAC5W</Image>
<Url type="text/html"
  template="http://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}&amp;form=OSDSRC"/>
<Url type="application/x-suggestions+json"
  template="http://api.bing.com/osjson.aspx?query={searchTerms}&amp;language={language}&amp;form=OSDJAS"/>
</OpenSearchDescription>

[![image3](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X5tq9y9xv2s/TOIpP67w5dI/AAAAAAAAAjU/QUdkLjf9X2Q/s1600/bing+favicon+for+seach+plugin.png)](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X5tq9y9xv2s/TOIpP67w5dI/AAAAAAAAAjU/QUdkLjf9X2Q/s1600/bing+favicon+for+seach+plugin.png)

Update: Right now this code only supports png and sometimes ico. i don't know why it behave like this...