# Base64 to image

- Human page: https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/base64-to-image/
- Markdown: https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/base64-to-image.md
- Structured JSON: https://happytails.ai/agents/en/image-tools/base64-to-image/index.json
- Visibility: public

## Tool capabilities

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tool ID | `base64-to-image` |
| Category | image-tools |
| Implementation | Registered implementation. Registration alone is not a production-quality guarantee. |
| Browser execution | Use the visible action or interactive controls. |
| Browser processing | Browser; see tool notes for network behavior. |
| HTTP API | /api/v1/tools/base64-to-image/run |
| Browser-agent interface | run_current_tool |

### Inputs and settings

Text input: Your text.

Example or placeholder shown in the interface (not a validated fixture):

```text
Type or paste your input…
```

Up to 1,000,000 characters. Review the settings before running.

No additional settings are declared for this tool.

### HTTP contract

API calls process supplied data on the server. The website origin is `https://happytails.ai`. Server API hosting is not connected on the public website yet. Use your local server origin to test these requests.

```http
POST https://happytails.ai/api/v1/tools/base64-to-image/run
Content-Type: application/json
```

[Detailed operation reference](https://happytails.ai/en/api/tools/base64-to-image.md) · [Shared API guide](https://happytails.ai/en/api.md)

#### Limits

| Limit | Value |
| --- | --- |
| request_bytes | 8388608 |
| input_characters | 1000000 |
| files_bytes | 5242880 |
| max_files | 0 |
| timeout_seconds | 12 |

#### Complete input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000000,
      "default": "",
      "description": "Plain text input. File tools use files instead unless otherwise documented."
    },
    "options": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {}
    }
  }
}
```

#### Complete output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "tool",
    "result"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "tool": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "text",
        "files"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "text": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "data": {
          "description": "Parsed JSON when the textual result is JSON."
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "mime": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "files": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "name",
              "mime",
              "bytes",
              "base64"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "mime": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "bytes": {
                "type": "integer"
              },
              "base64": {
                "type": "string",
                "contentEncoding": "base64"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Error and retry handling

Failures return a non-200 status and `error.code` plus `error.message`. Correct invalid input before retrying; retry server-busy responses with bounded backoff. Returned files contain Base64 data, not persistent download URLs. Decode and inspect the output before treating conversion as successful. See the shared API guide for the complete status and timeout rules.

### Browser-agent workflow

1. Open the human page in a browser that supports WebMCP.
2. Discover the interface exposed by that page; use its actual schema.
3. Select files on the page first when the tool requires files.
4. Call `run_current_tool` with valid input and settings.
5. Inspect the returned result or error and the displayed output. Retrieve files from the displayed download links.

Calls do not automatically copy or download results. Browser permissions still apply. Interface availability alone is not proof of successful execution.

### Planning specification

Validate data URI and actual image signature; preview safe formats with file-size limits.

This describes intended requirements. Use the implementation notes, interface schema and observed output to determine current support.

### Complete machine-readable capability record

```json
{
  "id": "base64-to-image",
  "category": "image-tools",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Validate data URI and actual image signature; preview safe formats with file-size limits.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [],
    "experience": {
      "automatic": false,
      "single": false,
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Up to 1,000,000 characters. Review the settings before running.",
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "explicit",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "POST /api/v1/tools/base64-to-image/run",
  "api": {
    "id": "base64-to-image",
    "name": "Base64 to image",
    "category": "image-tools",
    "description": "Validate data URI and actual image signature.",
    "notes": "",
    "human_path": "/en/image-tools/base64-to-image/",
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/tools/base64-to-image/run",
    "schema_url": "/api/v1/tools/base64-to-image",
    "input_schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "input": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 1000000,
          "default": "",
          "description": "Plain text input. File tools use files instead unless otherwise documented."
        },
        "options": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {}
        }
      }
    },
    "output_schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "tool",
        "result"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "tool": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "result": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "text",
            "files"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "text": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "data": {
              "description": "Parsed JSON when the textual result is JSON."
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "mime": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "files": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "name",
                  "mime",
                  "bytes",
                  "base64"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "name": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "mime": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "bytes": {
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "base64": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "contentEncoding": "base64"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "processing": "Server; same transformation code as browser tools",
    "limits": {
      "request_bytes": 8388608,
      "input_characters": 1000000,
      "files_bytes": 5242880,
      "max_files": 0,
      "timeout_seconds": 12
    }
  },
  "agent_processing": "Server; same transformation code as browser tools",
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}
```

## Page guide

Validate data URI and actual image signature.

## Useful next steps

- [Image to base64](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/image-to-base64/): Data-URI versus raw Base64 output. ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/image-to-base64.md))

- [Base64 encoder decoder](https://happytails.ai/en/developer-tools/base64-encoder-decoder/): Encode/decode tabs. ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/developer-tools/base64-encoder-decoder.md))

- [Resize image](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/resize-image/): Resize an image to the dimensions you need. ([Markdown](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/resize-image.md))

## How to use Base64 to image

1. Enter your text in the input field.
2. Review the settings, then choose Run Base64 to image.
3. Review the result, then use Copy result or a download link when available.

## Working with base64 to image

An image conversion changes its file format; resizing changes pixel dimensions; compression changes how the image is stored. These operations can be combined, but each solves a different problem. Choose the dimensions needed by the destination before optimizing the final file size.

## Common questions

### Does converting JPG to PNG improve the original detail?

A lossless destination does not recover detail already discarded by a lossy source. It can avoid another lossy save, but it may also produce a larger file.

### What happens to transparent pixels?

That depends on the output format. Formats without transparency need a background color. Check edges around logos, product cutouts and text so that an unexpected background does not become part of the exported image.

Continue your workflow: [Image to base64](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/image-to-base64/), [Base64 encoder decoder](https://happytails.ai/en/developer-tools/base64-encoder-decoder/), [Resize image](https://happytails.ai/en/image-tools/resize-image/).