Applescript to convert image to its base64 data-uri equivalent

[chrillek]

Btw: I wrote a similar script in JavaScript that does not need OpenSSL:

How to import notes containing Excel and PDF from Evernote and display them inline

OK, since you baited me… I hacked something together in JXA-ObjC that takes the path of a DT record, generates a Quicklook preview from it, converts that into a Base64 coded data URL and could write the latter to another or the same DT record. ObjC.import("Cocoa"); ObjC.import("Foundation"); ObjC.import('CoreFoundation'); ObjC.import('QuickLook'); ObjC.import('AppKit'); const app = Application("DEVONthink 3"); const rec = app.getRecordWithUUID("some UUID") const path = rec.path(); const pathU…

It relies on ObjC so could be re-written in AppleScript easily, I suppose.