Function blobToString

frontend/src/utils/fileToBase64.ts:14–34

(
  input: Blob | File,
  format: "base64" | "dataUrl",
)

 * @returns A promise that resolves to the requested string representation.
 */
export function blobToString(
  input: Blob | File,
  format: "base64" | "dataUrl",
): Promise<string> {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    const reader = new FileReader();
    reader.readAsDataURL(input);
    reader.onload = (e) => {
      if (e.target?.result) {
        const dataURL = e.target.result as string;
        if (format === "base64") {
          // Extract base64 content from data URL. data:*/*;base64,contents
          const base64Content = dataURL.slice(dataURL.indexOf(",") + 1);
          resolve(base64Content);
        } else {
          resolve(dataURL);
        }
      }
    };
  });
}

/**
 * Read contents of files as base64-encoded strings