Loading image from dataURL (url)

[lpatiny]

I'm using a webcam and I have a code like:

    const imageSrc = webcamRef.current.getScreenshot();
    const response = await fetch(imageSrc);
    const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
    const image = decode(new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));

I didn't know this trick to convert a dataURL to arraybuffer.

Should there be a static method readURL in image-js that does allows a URL or dataURL ?

[targos]

I suggest we implement fetchURL which uses the fetch API internally (in node and the browser).

[stropitek]

@EscapedGibbon you can do this and update the documentation: https://image-js-docs.pages.dev/docs/Getting%20started/#loading-your-first-image-in-browser to use the new loading method.