encode_image() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the encode_image() function in vectorstores.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python CoreAbstractions MessageSchema called by 1

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CoreAbstractions→ MessageSchema→ encode_image() — langchain Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  1fa15e9e_3ad0_16db_c7ff_a4a326370de0["encode_image()"]
  d25f9e94_3ec0_b9ca_7d2f_eb7ef487ccab["Chroma"]
  1fa15e9e_3ad0_16db_c7ff_a4a326370de0 -->|defined in| d25f9e94_3ec0_b9ca_7d2f_eb7ef487ccab
  37a23069_1b1e_eff0_d830_afb8dfa98dd5["add_images()"]
  37a23069_1b1e_eff0_d830_afb8dfa98dd5 -->|calls| 1fa15e9e_3ad0_16db_c7ff_a4a326370de0
  style 1fa15e9e_3ad0_16db_c7ff_a4a326370de0 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

libs/partners/chroma/langchain_chroma/vectorstores.py lines 487–490

    def encode_image(uri: str) -> str:
        """Get base64 string from image URI."""
        with Path(uri).open("rb") as image_file:
            return base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode("utf-8")