React Native save base64 image to Album

Question

Third Party API return a \"QR code image\" in base64 encode,
I need save that image to User\'s Album.

• CamerRoll - not support saving base64 image to album <

Answer 1

I solve the problem,
turn out I forgot data:image/png;base64, at beginning of the string.

I remove it with following code

  // json.qr is base64 string
  var image_data = json.qr.split('data:image/png;base64,');
  image_data = image_data[1];

and then save the image file

  import fetch_blob from 'react-native-fetch-blob';
  import RNFS from 'react-native-fs';

  const fs = fetch_blob.fs
  const dirs = fetch_blob.fs.dirs      
  const file_path = dirs.DCIMDir + "/bigjpg.png"

  // json.qr is base64 string "data:image/png;base64,..."

  var image_data = json.qr.split('data:image/png;base64,');
  image_data = image_data[1];

  RNFS.writeFile(file_path, image_data, 'base64')
  .catch((error) => {
    alert(JSON.stringify(error));
  });

I wrote a blog about this

http://1c7.me/react-native-save-base64-image-to-album/

Answer 2

I got this worked in following example

import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
import Permissions from 'react-native-permissions';

 takeSnapshot = async () => {
    const currentStatus = await Permissions.check('storage');

    if (currentStatus !== 'authorized') {
      const status = await Permissions.request('storage');

      if (status !== 'authorized') {
        return false;
      }
    }

    // put here your base64
    const base64 = '';

    const path = `${RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.DCIMDir}/test11.png`;

    try {
      const data = await RNFetchBlob.fs.writeFile(path, base64, 'base64');
      console.log(data, 'data');
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error.message);
    }
  };

Answer 3

const path = `${RNFS.PicturesDirectoryPath}/My Album`;
await RNFS.mkdir(path);
return await fetch(uri)
   .then(res => res.blob())
   .then(image => {
      RNFetchBlob.fs.readFile(uri, "base64").then(data => {
         RNFS.appendFile(`${path}/${image.data.name}`, data, "base64").catch(
            err => {
               console.log("error writing to android storage :", err);
            }
         );
      });
   });

Answer 4

You can now use only react native fetch blob to achieve this.

Simply replace RNFS.writeFile with

RNFetchBlob.fs.writeFile(file_path, image_data, 'base64')

If you wish to view file in native OS viewer you can simply put

                if (isAndroid) {
                  RNFetchBlob.android.actionViewIntent(file_path, 'application/pdf');
                } else {
                  RNFetchBlob.ios.previewDocument(file_path);
                }

Answer 5

Remove data:image/png;base64, in your base64 string

var Base64Code = base64Image.split("data:image/png;base64,"); //base64Image is my image base64 string

const dirs = RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs;

var path = dirs.DCIMDir + "/image.png";

RNFetchBlob.fs.writeFile(path, Base64Code[1], 'base64')
.then((res) => {console.log("File : ", res)});

And then I solved my problem.