PREFACE

This tool is for converting image to base64 string which can be inserted into markdown document directly to display without upload the image to server.
You can use the converted string like demo.md show.
Tests of this tool were conducted only on windows 7 / 10 and ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04.

FEATURE

Convert single image to base64 string and copy the string to clipboard automatically.
Convert mutiple images to base64 strings which are stored in respective files.
Converting progress display.

DEPENDENCY

Python 3.1 or newer version
pyperclip
```
pip install pyperclip
```
tkinter

For windows, tkinter is included with all standard Python distributions since Python 3.1. For ubuntu, install tkinter as follows.
```
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
```
xclip

For ubuntu, you must install xclip before using this tool.
```
sudo apt-get install xclip
```

USAGE

Run the tool

python img2base64.py

Single image convertion

Click Select single image button first to select the image and then click Convert & Copy button to convert the image. Converted base64 string will be copied to clipboard automatically.

Several images convertion

Click Select several images button first to select the path which stored the images and then click Convert & Export button to convert every image under the path to a single file and select another path to save the result.

EPILOGUE

You can use PyInstaller to package the tool script and all its dependencies into a single executable file.