From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-12-29T21:48:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Binary Data to Image

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Sagar Varule <sagar.varule@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Im reading XML file which has Content tag which has binary data(i
> assume). I need to read that content and store it as image.
>
> Data in XML looks like this:
> WEcxA1HTcsbiHgufPW41U1Du0HAdIY/WvTSB1s9NGtgW4W4BMSHJnnjF/m4K+vKuF0d8Q29yLWNzlvmT9orboet9EYouFMX9QvG3sV0PO7/gtXF7BjQGhGoSzh+Pg8iWk705TkOSm/5LrKOsqx5JrCNh4eqHTyuWBhV6PGDV+AUack69Diqei+DJUn2ze+5otVoSs2mgpiV4Wmp9Djc0rYXrrqDpmcxjIfo61uK3JpvaFBConokCgR1JKNS6BgMIDg==
>
> XML Tag is :
> <CONTENT SRC="gn-content"
> TYPE="cover">WEcxA1HTcsbiHgufPW41U1Du0HAdIY/WvTSB1s9NGtgW4W4BMSHJnnjF/m4K+vKuF0d8Q29yLWNzlvmT9orboet9EYouFMX9QvG3sV0PO7/gtXF7BjQGhGoSzh+Pg8iWk705TkOSm/5LrKOsqx5JrCNh4eqHTyuWBhV6PGDV+AUack69Diqei+DJUn2ze+5otVoSs2mgpiV4Wmp9Djc0rYXrrqDpmcxjIfo61uK3JpvaFBConokCgR1JKNS6BgMIDg==</CONTENT>
>
> Please find the attach sample xml data. Code written so far is as
> follows:
>
> require 'base64'
> @content =
> 'WEcxAyEJQTXiHgufhAdVefCCvSH2njBUZ/dzBOsTuNj9guPeaJrJL80KjGWl8dglgJ56veLnyl/Fdu8I1tS7uAR65G82/WxygyR/lOE7bNLMCHS1p3Ah48iCzQBSJ1jnOl1HuL8hAR0aGhHIN8oW7IofdVX0YPSaQoanrUkz7iPt56TbZH5qiynHqLD9ZepkDGpSAUuInzLZG/2BixmyuqH2ctZnMqPAJR4vveB7mT7KVsJRIofMZqK6ptHWRAmk4w=='
> @filename= 'Sana.jpg'
> str = Base64.decode64(@content)
> File.open(@filename, 'wb') do|f|
>  BinaryString.
>  f.write(Base64.decode64(@content))

Why do you decode twice?  You have the binary data already in str.

> end
>
> Please help im new to Ruby
>
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/6868/_album__album_cover_search73.log

And where exactly is the problem?

Kind regards

robert

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