Discuss Scratch
- PoIygon
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The Data:Text Topic!
this topic is for data text stuff like pages, text and more!
look at here for all of the data text url types.
if you want to know how to make a data text url you would need to
i would reccomend to use a link shortener if its over 20,000 characters.
look at here for all of the data text url types.
if you want to know how to make a data text url you would need to
- know what data type your using.
- convert the thing that you want into base64
- then append that to data:text/DT;base64, and replace DT with your data type
i would reccomend to use a link shortener if its over 20,000 characters.
Last edited by PoIygon (April 29, 2021 23:50:50)
- airplanedodge
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!
oh please no. i would reccomend to use a link shortener if its over 20,000 characters.
put it on a scratch project's list and do it that way i guess?
i'm doing similar with a PFP pack i'm making to avoid compression with bitmaps.
- PoIygon
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!
yeab probably put it in a scratch list if you cant do bit.ly stuffoh please no. i would reccomend to use a link shortener if its over 20,000 characters.
put it on a scratch project's list and do it that way i guess?
i'm doing similar with a PFP pack i'm making to avoid compression with bitmaps.
- PkmnQ
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!
Javascript that returns its own data:text url
data:application/javascript;base64,Zj0oKT0+YGRhdGE6YXBwbGljYXRpb24vamF2YXNjcmlwdDtiYXNlNjQsJHtidG9hKGBmPSR7Zn07ZigpYCl9YDtmKCk=
Last edited by PkmnQ (April 30, 2021 03:14:18)
- PkmnQ
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!
If you're too lazy to convert to base64 then just remove the “;base64”.
data:foo/bar,baz
Last edited by PkmnQ (April 30, 2021 10:43:02)
- Socialix
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!

Let's just hope our imagination isn't too big.
I just copied and pasted very long text.
- imfh
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1000+ posts
The Data:Text Topic!
I have a project which can scan images and convert them into a bitmap image which you can view by pasting the generated “data:image/bmp;base64” tag in your browser bar. Unfortunately it doesn't work for maximum resolution images since the URL is so long it gets cut off by the browser.
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/312305395/
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/312305395/
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- 9gr
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don't mind me just making a link shortener for this topic
- PkmnQ
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Are there encodings other than base64? Base64 is really inefficient
- mybearworld
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[View post]Are there encodings other than base64? Base64 is really inefficientDoesn't seem like it.
- PkmnQ
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For text, it's better to not use base64. For any other type, you should probably use it.
- PoIygon
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is my html good?
data:text/html;base64,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
- PkmnQ
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You forgot the > at the end of </head> data:text/html;base64,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
- Sheep_maker
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I would argue that base64 should be discouraged because it makes it harder to see what to expect at a glance. You should leave the HTML mostly intact, save for certain characters that need to be URL encoded
- PkmnQ
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discouraged because it makes it harder to see what to expect at a glance. You should leave the HTML mostly intact, save for certain characters that need to be URL encodedBut data URLs also works with images. I would argue that base64 should be
- PoIygon
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Bumt
discouraged because it makes it harder to see what to expect at a glance. You should leave the HTML mostly intact, save for certain characters that need to be URL encodedYou I would argue that base64 should be have to put HTML into base64 because the link won’t work1!1!!!1!1!!1!1!!1
- Sheep_maker
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Bumtdiscouraged because it makes it harder to see what to expect at a glance. You should leave the HTML mostly intact, save for certain characters that need to be URL encodedYou I would argue that base64 should be have to put HTML into base64 because the link won’t work1!1!!!1!1!!1!1!!1
data:text/html,<h1><marquee>Counterexample.</marquee></h1><p>Checkmate!</p>
- mybearworld
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Eh, that will break soonBumtdiscouraged because it makes it harder to see what to expect at a glance. You should leave the HTML mostly intact, save for certain characters that need to be URL encodedYou I would argue that base64 should be have to put HTML into base64 because the link won’t work1!1!!!1!1!!1!1!!1data:text/html,<h1><marquee>Counterexample.</marquee></h1><p>Checkmate!</p>