How to get byteArray or base64 string from RenderTexture Cocos2d-JS - cocos2d-x

Question

I am making a game on cocos2d-JS for facebook in which there is a requirement of sharing a screenshot of the game.
I am able to take the screenshot but now I am unable to upload it in the Parse.com server because it requires base64 format or byte array. I am unable to find any solution of converting Sprite in to this format.. Here's my code so result when I do addchild its coming proper .. I have also added my commented code so that it will help to understand that I have tried lot of things but couldnt achieve the same.
shareToSocialNetworking: function () {
cc.director.setNextDeltaTimeZero(true);
var newsize = cc.director.getVisibleSize();
var renderText = new cc.RenderTexture(newsize.width,newsize.height);
renderText.begin();
cc.director.getRunningScene().visit();
renderText.end();
var result = cc.Sprite.create(renderText.getSprite().getTexture());
result.flippedY = true;
this._mainViewNode.addChild(result,6000);
//renderText.saveToFile("screenshot.jpg",cc.IMAGE_FORMAT_PNG);
//var based = renderText.getSprite().getTexture().getStringForFormat().toString();
//var data = based.getData();
var file = new Parse.File("screen.jpg", { base64: this.getBase64(result) });
//var file = new Parse.File("screen.jpg", data, "image/png");
var self = this;
file.save().then(function() {
// The file has been saved to Parse.
alert(file.url);
this.onSharePictureInfoLink(file.url());
}, function(error) {
// The file either could not be read, or could not be saved to Parse.
});
//
//var ccImage = renderText.newCCImage();
//
//var str = ccImage.getData();
},
is there any workaround that can be done

Answer 1

there is a private variable called _cacheCanvas, which is the instance of the offscreen canvas
you can simply do renderText._cacheCanvas.toDataURL()

Answer 2

Here's how you can take the screnshot from cocos2d-JS
screenshot: function (fileName) {
var tex = new cc.RenderTexture(winSize.width, winSize.height, cc.Texture2D.PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA8888);
tex.setPosition(cc.p(winSize.width / 2, winSize.height / 2));
tex.begin();
cc.director.getRunningScene().visit();
tex.end();
var imgPath = jsb.fileUtils.getWritablePath();
if (imgPath.length == 0) {
return;
}
var result = tex.saveToFile(fileName, cc.IMAGE_FORMAT_JPEG);
if (result) {
imgPath += fileName;
cc.log("save image:" + imgPath);
return imgPath;
}
return "";
}
then make a Java call from Javascript
public static void ScreenShot()
{
Bitmap imageBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(Cocos2dxHelper.getCocos2dxWritablePath() + "/" + "screenshot.png");
String fileHolder = "SampleFolder";
File filepathData = new File("/sdcard/" + fileHolder);
//~~~Create Dir
try {
if (!filepathData.exists())
{
filepathData.mkdirs();
filepathData.createNewFile();
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(filepathData + fileHolder);
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fw);
String toSave = String.valueOf(0);
out.write(toSave);
out.close();
}
}
catch (IOException e1) {
}
//~~~Create Image
File file = new File("/sdcard/" + "Your filename");
try
{
file.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream ostream = new FileOutputStream(file);
imageBitmap.compress(CompressFormat.PNG, 100, ostream);
ostream.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {}
Uri phototUri = Uri.fromFile(file);
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, phototUri);
//~~~Add Code Below
}
Do not forget to add permission for external storage