Is there a way to convert GridFS binary to a URL that can be used on a src?
Let me explain:
When an image is stored on mongoDB by GridFS it creates to files(fs.files & fs.chunks). In fs.chunks the data is stored like so:
_id:ObjectID('')
files_id:ObjectID('')
n:0
data:Binary('/9j/4S...',0)
Exist any way to convert that binary which is an image(a jpg to be precise) into a URL valid for a HTML img tag?
Some kind of URL.createObjectURL()
By the way, I tried to pass the binary file into URL.createObjectURL() and the displayed error is the following:
TypeError: URL.createObjectURL: Argument 1 is not valid for any of the 1-argument overloads.
Thanks in advance.
Ok, I finally find a helpful answer to my question on this other question:
Creating a BLOB from a Base64 string in JavaScript
Here, the GridFS binary which is a base64 binary is converted in to a Blob object. Then the Blob object can be easily passed through the "URL.createObjectURL()"
The function to convert the base64 to blob is provided in the answer.
I hope this is helpfull for someone else.