Update app.py

app.py

@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def classify(platform, UserInput, Images, Textbox2, Textbox3):
             def encode_image(image: Image.Image, format: str = "PNG") -> str:
                 with io.BytesIO() as buffer:
                     image.save(buffer, format=format)
-                    encoded_image = base64.b64encode(buffer.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
+                    encoded_image = buffer.getvalue().decode("latin-1")  # Use "latin-1" encoding for bytes to str conversion
                 return encoded_image
 
             def url_to_base64(image_url):
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ def classify(platform, UserInput, Images, Textbox2, Textbox3):
                 # base64_image_str = encode_image(image)
 
                 if image_data:
-                    with io.BytesIO(base64.b64decode(image_data)) as buffer:
+                    with io.BytesIO(image_data) as buffer:
                         image = Image.open(buffer)
                         base64_image_str = encode_image(image)