Adding image in the body of the email using href

Question

I have a link in my page that once click it will open the email client. My code is below:

  <a href="mailto:?subject=Testing&body=AttachImage">

My question is how can I add an image in the body of the email. I tried image src but it does not work. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Suppose you have your image defined like :

<img id="myimage" src="http://www.myserver.com/images/myimage"></img>

And its equivalent base64 encoded here that you would like to send by mail :

<img id="b64" src=""></img>

You can use base64 encoded form, such as :

function getBase64Image() {
    //return LOGO;
  var dataURL = '';
  try {
    var img = document.getElementById('myimage');
    // Create an empty canvas element
    var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
    canvas.width = img.width;
    canvas.height = img.height;

    // Copy the image contents to the canvas
    var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);

    // Get the data-URL formatted image
    // Firefox supports PNG and JPEG. You could check img.src to guess the
    // original format, but be aware the using "image/jpg" will re-encode the image.
    dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/jpg");
  }
  catch(e) {
    console.log('Could not retrieve Base64 image with userAgent : ' + navigator.userAgent + ' \nException : ' + e);
  }
  return dataURL;

}

var base64Image = getBase64Image();

And then set your img src :

document["b64"].src = base64Image ;

Answer 2

Add that image inside <a> tag.

<a href="mailto:?subject=Testing">
    <img src="your image path">
 </a>

Hope it will help.