# Base64 to image file

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [10 December 2022 06:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971 "2022-12-10T06:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![u1903101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ee59a6/32.png) [@u1903101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/u1903101)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2022 06:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971/1 "2022-12-10T06:33:34Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/1/c14b2b37d01baaecfb0d4567dd5971d88c5d664a.png)

How do I save this to a file? I am new to nodered and finding this confusing. 🤔

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**Author:** ![u1903101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ee59a6/32.png) [@u1903101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/u1903101)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2022 06:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971/2 "2022-12-10T06:34:38Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/e/be2194550494122083d20aaf539708b24aa420e5.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/9/b9610be9e45863f160ad8c02e7fe7df50c3f30cf.png)

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2022 07:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971/3 "2022-12-10T07:31:32Z")

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Have you tried removing the `data:image/jpeg;base64,` from the string before passing it through the base64 node.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2022 08:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971/4 "2022-12-10T08:01:01Z")

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Since you are using image-tools, simply remove the base64 node.

Image-tools knows what to do with the base64 image data.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2023 08:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/base64-to-image-file/71971/5 "2023-02-08T08:01:12Z")

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