How can I put a PDF in a ORU message base64 encoded

Question

I want to put a PDF in a ORU message. How can I get the PDF in a base64 string.

Answer 1

Use the following code to get the file you want into a base64 string.

message = qie.createHL7Message('UTF-8');

var bytes = qie.readFile('c:\\hl7\\Sample Report.pdf');
var base64 = qie.base64EncodeBytes(bytes);

message.setNode('OBX-5', base64);