2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/root-helpers/images.ts b/client/src/root-helpers/images.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb229ce6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/root-helpers/images.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function imageToDataURL (input: File | Blob) {
+  return new Promise<string>(res => {
+    const reader = new FileReader()
+
+    reader.onerror = err => console.error('Cannot read input file.', err)
+    reader.onloadend = () => res(reader.result as string)
+    reader.readAsDataURL(input)
+  })
+}
+
+export {
+  imageToDataURL
+}
diff --git a/client/src/root-helpers/index.ts b/client/src/root-helpers/index.ts
index d62f07f9e..63d55d7ef 100644
--- a/client/src/root-helpers/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/root-helpers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './users'
 export * from './bytes'
+export * from './images'
 export * from './peertube-web-storage'
 export * from './utils'
 export * from './plugins-manager'