IPython/html/widgets/widget_image.py

"""ImageWidget class.  

Represents an image in the frontend using a widget.
"""
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# Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
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# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
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# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
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# Imports
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import base64

from .widget import DOMWidget
from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, CUnicode, Bytes

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# Classes
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class ImageWidget(DOMWidget):
    _view_name = Unicode('ImageView', sync=True)
    
    # Define the custom state properties to sync with the front-end
    format = Unicode('png', sync=True)
    width = CUnicode(sync=True)
    height = CUnicode(sync=True)
    _b64value = Unicode(sync=True)
    
    value = Bytes()
    def _value_changed(self, name, old, new):
        self._b64value = base64.b64encode(new)