imencode

imencode(img: np.ndarray, IMGTYP: Union[str, int, IMGTYP] = IMGTYP.JPEG) -> Union[bytes, None]

• Description: Encodes a NumPy image array into a byte string in a specified format.

• Parameters:

  • img (np.ndarray): The image array to encode.
  • IMGTYP (Union[str, int, IMGTYP]): The image type. Supported types are IMGTYP.JPEG and IMGTYP.PNG. Default is IMGTYP.JPEG.

• Return value:

  • bytes: The encoded image byte string.

• Example:

  import capybara as cb
  
  img = cb.imread('lena.png')
  encoded_bytes = cb.imencode(img, IMGTYP=cb.IMGTYP.PNG)