Return result without disk saving?

[hiun]

I would do additional manipulation to image (like base64 encoding). It is more efficient to return image in reference format that skips saving image to disk.

Is it possible in current version of minimagick?

[janko]

Through MiniMagick::Image it's not possible (and I don't think it could be). However, you can do it via the low-level API:

content = MiniMagick::Tool::Convert.new do |convert|
  convert << path
  convert.resize("500x500")
  convert << "-" # stdout
end

base64 = Base64.encode64(content)

You can even read the input file from stdin:

convert = MiniMagick::Tool::Convert.new
convert << "-"
convert.resize("500x500")
convert << "-" # stdout
processed_content = convert.call(stdin: input_content)

[hiun]

Thanks for detailed examples! I may could not fully grasp API document before issuing.

[sairam]

I was able to use this to write as base64

image = MiniMagick::Image.open("https://placehold.it/300x200")
base64 = Base64.encode64(image.to_blob).split("\n").join

[matthewPapke]

@sairam thank you for that