HTML5 enable you to store data locally which I think it is great. For example here is how you can use it:

```
        var store = window.localStorage;
        store.setItem('foo', "hellow world");
        var test = store.getItem('foo');
        // test should = "hellow world"

```

In html you can dynamically display an image by settig its source to:

```
     "data:image/jpg;base64," + (base64string)

```

**So my question is** how can I convert binary data to a base64 string so that I can take advantage of html5 local storage?

For example it will be great if I could:

```
$.ajax({
   url: 'someImage.png',
   type: 'POST',
   success: function (r) {

                // here I want to convert r to a base64 string !
                // r is not binary so maybe I have to use a different approach
                var data = ConvertToBase64(r);

                document.getElementById("img").src = "data:image/png;base64," + data;
            },
});

```

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I know I could solve this problem by wrapping the image around a canvas using html5 then converting that to base64string. also I can make a specific service on the server that will send a base64 string data of that image (someImage.aspx).**I just want to know if it will by possible to retrieve binary data from a server and convert that to a base64 string.**