import base64
import io

try:
    import cv2
except Exception:
    cv2 = None
from PIL import Image


def get_image_base64(img_url):
    if cv2 is not None:
        img = cv2.imread(img_url)
        _, img_encoded = cv2.imencode(".jpg", img)
        return base64.b64encode(img_encoded.tobytes()).decode("utf-8")
    image = Image.open(img_url).convert("RGB")
    buf = io.BytesIO()
    image.save(buf, format="JPEG")
    return base64.b64encode(buf.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")