javascript - fswebcam: getting a dataURI via Node.js -

i have fswebcam running on raspberry pi. using command line, saves jpg images.

i want receive these images in node.js application, , send them on used in browser via datauri.

on node.js, do:

var exec = require('child_process').exec;  exec("fswebcam -d /dev/video0 -r 160x120 --no-banner --save '-'", function(err, stdout, stderr) {     var imagebase64 = new buffer(stdout).tostring('base64'); 

i send imagebase64 browser.

in browser, setting received data data uri fails:

image.src = "data:image/jpg;base64," + imagebase64; 

doing above data uri created stored jpg created fswebcam (via online generator) works fine.

what not seeing here regarding formats , encodings?

the content-type should probably image/jpeg , not image/jpg.

also, new buffer(stdout) redundant since stdout buffer, can stdout.tostring('base64').

lastly, if it's data bad, can double-check base64-encoded output this webpage or writing stdout disk , using file command on ensure it's intact.