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# 15  
Old 01-05-2015
Hi Anji,

What appears in the source of the mail when you run the script with the $(base64 $file) call?
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# 16  
Old 01-05-2015
Hi Skrynesaver
I get the below when i run the
Code:
$(base64 $file)

Code:
NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAwMDAwMDAw
IDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAwMDAw
MDAwIDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAw
MDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KdHJhaWxlcg0KPDwvU2l6ZSAyMDMv
SURbPERDOThEOTcyNDA2ODE3NEE5QzlCREQ1RUFBNEE1Nzc4PjwzNzAyRjU5QzI0MEJCNjQ2OURD
MEFENDdDMUQ2RTNBND5dPj4NCnN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMTE2DQolJUVPRg0K

Thanks
Anji
# 17  
Old 01-06-2015
Strange, when I try to view the resultant tag in a browser the image seems to be invalid...
Code:
<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAwMDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAwMDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmDQowMDAwMDAwMDAwIDY1NTM1IGYNCjAwMDAwMDAwMDAgNjU1MzUgZg0KdHJhaWxlcg0KPDwvU2l6ZSAyMDMvSURbPERDOThEOTcyNDA2ODE3NEE5QzlCREQ1RUFBNEE1Nzc4PjwzNzAyRjU5QzI0MEJCNjQ2OURDMEFENDdDMUQ2RTNBND5dPj4NCnN0YXJ0eHJlZg0KMTE2DQolJUVPRg0K"

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Just to be sure I tested on my own host...
Code:
 echo \<img src=\"data:image/jpeg\;base64,$(base64  avatar.jpg )\"\> > test.html

produced a test.html file that worked in my browser...
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# 18  
Old 01-06-2015
Hello Skrynesaver
My bad, the resultant tag was too big so I just copied part of it, I attached it in txt format now..

Also, I tried the exactly how you tested at your end and the image was showing in browser to me aswell

Code:
Picture showing in browser with the below command
DEV_u35731:~/dev> echo \<img src=\"data:image/jpeg\;base64,$(base64  /home/u35731/dev/1.jpg)\"\> > test.html



But, when i try to use that code in my html file and call it in my shell script its not working Smilie , Image not coming up in my email

Code:
Not working the code from mail.html
...
<img width=640 height=147 src="data:image/jpeg;base64,$(base64  /home/u35731/dev/1.jpg)">
...



Thank you
Anji
test.txt (211.3 KB) 
# 19  
Old 01-07-2015
Hi Anji,

You would have to script creation of the /home/u35731/dev/mail.txt file rather than just using cat to apend it to the mail without interpolation.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
outputFile="/home/u35731/dev/mail.txt"
/home/u35731/bin/gen_mail_txt.sh $outputFile # where gen_mail_txt.sh generates the file including the required image tags.
(
echo "From: donotreply@xyz.com"
echo "To: anji009@xyz.com"
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
echo "Subject: Test"
echo "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15"
echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit"
cat $outputFile
) | sendmail -t

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# 20  
Old 01-07-2015
Thanks Skrynesaver
I tried but didn't work too Smilie
I have a query here.. As you said
Quote:
"You would have to script creation of the /home/u35731/dev/mail.txt file rather than just using cat to apend it to the mail without interpolation"
,
If thats the case then how come the image is displaying in email when i just cat the output mail.txt file in script which has the image tags where as src as url ?

Working code
Code:
<img width=130 height=30 id="Picture_x0020_4" src=http://i.imgur.com/4pGDdQM.gif >

Is this suggestion is for only those images who have the img src as local linux drives ?


Thanks
Anji
# 21  
Old 01-12-2015
<img width=130 height=30 id="Picture_x0020_4" src=http://i.imgur.com/4pGDdQM.gif >

This worked with the images with local location of the image. I am also using the html5 chart for my images.
Last edited by fredharry; 01-12-2015 at 03:52 AM..
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