I'm trying to return an image from web API to zebble like this:
web api:
public HttpResponseMessage GetImage()
{
var memoryStream = custom logic to create image
var result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
result.Content = new ByteArrayContent(memoryStream.ToArray());
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("image/png");
return result;
}
zebble:
var imageData = await Get<byte[]>(url);
var imageView = new ImageView { ImageData = imageData }
But the Get
throws an exception:
Exception thrown: 'Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException' in Newtonsoft.Json.dll
Exception thrown: 'Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException' in Newtonsoft.Json.dll
Exception thrown: 'System.Exception' in Zebble.UWP.dll
Exception thrown: 'System.Exception' in mscorlib.ni.dll
ERROR: HttpGet -> 'url' failed.
WARNING: Failed to convert API response to Byte[]
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Base issue: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: �. Path '', line 1, position 1.
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STACK TRACE:
at Zebble.Framework.BaseApi.<GetFromTheServer>d__24`1.MoveNext()
at Zebble.Framework.BaseApi.<Get>d__25`1.MoveNext()
Any idea how to fix this?
Your WebApi must return string. You can use Base64 string to transfer the image data.
Step 1: Change your Web API code to:
var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(); //TODO: custom logic to create image
image.Save(memoryStream, ImageFormat.Png);
return Ok(Convert.ToBase64String(memoryStream.ToArray()));
More details: http://zebble.net/docs/get-apis
Step 2: In your Zebble code, use the Zebble WebAPI proxy to call your WebAPI to receive the Base64 string back, convert to byte[] and set as the source of your ImageView:
var base64 = await Api.Get<string>(url);
var imageData = Convert.FromBase64String(base64);
myImageView.ImageData = imageData;
More details: http://zebble.net/docs/calling-a-get-api-in-the-mobile-app