Convert Screen Capture to base64

[BSUGeek]

I was wondering how do you convert a screen capture of the running scene to base64 and put the base64 data into a file?
:confused:

[farshizzo]

Here is a sample script that will save the raw image data of the screen to a base64 encoded file when the spacebar is pressed:
import viz
import viztask
import base64

viz.go()

model = viz.addChild('maze.osgb')

def SaveScreenTask():

while True:

# Wait for key press
yield viztask.waitKeyDown(' ')

# Capture screen to texture
texture = viz.addBlankTexture([1,1])
viz.window.screenCapture(texture)

# Wait a frame for image to be captured
yield viztask.waitFrame(1)

# Save raw texture data to base64 encoded buffer
data = base64.b64encode(texture.saveToBuffer('<raw>'))

# Save data to file
with open('screen_data', 'wb') as f:
f.write(data)

# Remove texture
texture.remove()

viztask.schedule( SaveScreenTask() )