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Data URI Generator

Convert images, SVGs, fonts, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, text files, and other assets into Base64 Data URIs instantly. Preview supported files, copy ready-made snippets, and embed files directly into HTML, CSS, or JavaScript โ€” all locally in your browser.

Embed files directly into code

Upload a file or paste raw text, generate a clean Data URI, preview the result, and instantly copy production-ready snippets for HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Great for small assets, email templates, SVG icons, logos, fonts, placeholders, demos, and self-contained files.

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Use images, SVG, text, JSON, CSS, JS, fonts, or other small assets to generate a Data URI instantly.

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Generator Controls

Choose how the Data URI should be generated, named, and output for HTML, CSS, or JavaScript usage.

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Input Workspace & Primary Output

Paste text on the left or use uploaded file content, then generate a clean Data URI and inspect the primary output on the right.

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Primary Output

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File Preview & Snapshot

Preview supported files like images and inspect useful stats such as extension, MIME type, dimensions, and output size.

Upload an image or SVG to preview it here. Other file types will still generate working Data URIs and snippets.
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When Data URIs are useful

They work great for tiny icons, inline SVGs, email markup, demo components, web prototypes, favicon alternatives, and self-contained UI blocks. For bigger files, regular file URLs are usually better because Base64 increases size.

Best practice: use Data URIs mainly for small assets. Large images, videos, or documents can bloat HTML/CSS and reduce performance.

Ready-to-use snippets

Copy production-ready code blocks for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript instantly.

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Generate a Data URI to see code snippets here.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Ctrl + Enter generate Data URI
  • Ctrl + L clear everything
  • Ctrl + D download output

Privacy

This tool runs fully in your browser. Files are read locally and nothing is uploaded to any server.

Perfect for privacy-first tools, quick frontend work, demos, and one-file embedded components.
Inline asset packaging with MIME and caching tradeoffs

Create a data URI only for an asset small enough and stable enough to belong inside its consumer

A data URI embeds content directly in a URL using percent encoding or Base64. Select a file or text value, verify MIME type, charset, name, and snippet format, and prefer UTF-8 SVG only when its escaping is valid. Compare final length and maintenance cost before placing the result in HTML, CSS, JSON, or a test fixture.

Structure

The media type, charset, encoding marker, and payload are all part of the value

A data URI begins with the data scheme, optional media-type and charset parameters, an optional Base64 marker, and the encoded data after a comma. A wrong MIME type can make the consumer interpret bytes incorrectly. Text and SVG may use percent-encoded UTF-8; arbitrary binary normally needs Base64.

Size

Inlining removes a request but also gives up independent caching and increases the parent asset

Base64 expands binary data, and the generated URI travels wherever the surrounding HTML or CSS travels. Small icons or self-contained examples can be practical. Large images, fonts, PDFs, or reusable assets make source files unwieldy and must be downloaded again whenever the parent changes.

Safety

Treat generated markup as code that still needs context-aware escaping and policy review

An SVG or HTML data value can contain active or style-affecting content depending on where it is used. Content Security Policy may block data schemes, and user-controlled payloads can create injection risk. Use trusted input, the correct destination syntax, and ordinary file URLs when security policy or reuse favors separation.

Practical review

Data URI integration check

Test the complete snippet in the exact HTML, CSS, or application context that will consume it.

  • Verify MIME type, charset, and Base64 or percent-encoding mode.
  • Measure the generated length and parent-file size impact.
  • Check quotes, parentheses, hashes, spaces, and line-break removal in context.
  • Confirm Content Security Policy and the destination allow data URLs.
  • Use a normal cached file for large, reusable, or untrusted assets.

Technical references: MDN reference for data URLs

Data URI questions

MIME types, Base64, UTF-8 SVG, size, caching, and Content Security Policy

What is a data URI?

It is a URL that carries media type and encoded content directly instead of pointing to a separate network resource. The consumer decodes the payload in place.

Should a data URI use Base64 or percent encoding?

Use Base64 for arbitrary binary. Plain text and carefully escaped SVG can use percent-encoded UTF-8, which may remain more readable. Test the exact consumer.

Why is the Base64 data URI larger than the file?

Base64 represents three input bytes with four text characters, plus the prefix. Transport compression may help repeated text, but the source representation still grows.

When is a data URI a bad choice?

Avoid it for large or frequently reused assets, files that need independent caching, user-controlled active content, or environments whose Content Security Policy blocks data schemes.

Can I paste an SVG data URI directly into CSS?

Yes when it is correctly escaped for the CSS url context and the SVG is trusted. Test quotes, hashes, spaces, parentheses, encoding, and browser behavior.

Does a data URI upload the file anywhere?

Generation can run locally in the browser, but the resulting URI contains the file data. Anyone who receives the snippet can decode it, so do not publish sensitive content.