feat: send base64 encoded images in game list response

game_collection/app.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 from datetime import datetime
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import base64
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'games.db')
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ os.makedirs(os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'game_images'), exist_ok=True)  # Cr
 with app.app_context():
     init_db()  # Ensure the database is initialized before any operations
 
+def encode_image_to_base64(image_path):
+    with open(image_path, "rb") as image_file:
+        return base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode('utf-8')
+
 @app.route('/games', methods=['POST'])
 def add_game():
     if not authenticate():
@@ -54,14 +59,19 @@ def get_games():
     if not authenticate():
         return jsonify({'message': 'Unauthorized access!'}), 401
     games = Game.query.all()
-    return jsonify([{
-        'id': game.id,
-        'image': game.image,
-        'title': game.title,
-        'date': game.date,
-        'buyer': game.buyer,
-        'owned': game.owned
-    } for game in games])
+    games_list = []
+    for game in games:
+        image_path = os.path.join(app.instance_path, game.image)
+        image_base64 = encode_image_to_base64(image_path) if os.path.exists(image_path) else None
+        games_list.append({
+            'id': game.id,
+            'image': image_base64,  # Base64 encoded image
+            'title': game.title,
+            'date': game.date,
+            'buyer': game.buyer,
+            'owned': game.owned
+        })
+    return jsonify(games_list)
 
 @app.route('/games/search', methods=['GET'])
 def search_game_api():