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# Encode File To Base64 • AI Agent SDK

> encode_file_to_base64: Base64-encode a file.

# encode\_file\_to\_base64

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> This function is defined in the [**agents**](../modules/agents) module.

Base64-encode a file.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def encode_file_to_base64(file_path: str) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="file_path" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `decode`
* `base64.b64encode`
* `f.read`

## Used By

* [`get_multimodal_message`](../functions/get_multimodal_message)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py` at line 38
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