I’m using the image upload component for mobile for the first time. When I upload an image in the editor it returns a blob. But when I upload an image using the app on an iPhone I get a different result: file:// I want to save the image in the retool database and also use the link directly in the a…

You'll need to convert the image data to a base64 string using the getDataByObjectURL API when you write it to your DB. Then when you read it back you can just pass that data directly to your Image component.

Image upload component returns blob or file?

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bca June 9, 2023, 11:27pm 2

Can you try this? Object URLs from Image Input Component - #3 by bca

Official docs are here

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Image upload component returns blob or file?

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