title: Meteor: Uploading an image and saving to the database as base64 string
body: <p>I have a Meteor app and I am interested in getting image upload to work in the simplest possible manner. </p>
  
  <p>The simplest manner I can come up with is to somehow convert the image to a base64 string on the client and the save it to the database as a string. </p>
  
  <p>How is it possible to convert an image on the users filesystem to a base64 string and then save it to the database? </p>