From 730f97a56d4baa7703a2cd0792181a51ff350784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jahred Hope <jahred.hope@xero.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:15:20 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Initial Commit

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 README.md    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 index.js     | 11 +++++++++++
 package.json | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 index.js
 create mode 100644 package.json

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d1b688..5d56302 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
-# base64-image-loader
-base64 image loader for webpack
+# base64 image loader for webpack
+
+Easily switched out for a url loader this loader can be injected directly into an img src tag
+
+If your looking for a loader that simple encodes as base64 try [base64-loader](https://github.com/antelle/base64-loader)
+
+## Installation
+
+`npm install base64-image-loader`
+
+## Usage
+
+``` javascript
+var fileAsBase64Src = require("base64-image!./file.png");
+document.write('<img src="' + fileAsBase64Src + '" />';
+```
+
+[Documentation: Using loaders](http://webpack.github.io/docs/using-loaders.html)
+
+## License
+
+MIT (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6c7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function getFileExtension(path) {
+  return path.split('.').pop();
+}
+
+module.exports = function(content) {
+  this.cacheable && this.cacheable();
+  return `module.exports = "data:image/${getFileExtension(this.resourcePath)};base64,${content.toString('base64')}"`;
+};
+module.exports.raw = true;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15c10f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "base64-image-loader",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "base64 image loader for webpack",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/jahredhope/base64-image-loader.git"
+  },
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "author": "Jahred Hope <jahredhope@gmail.com>",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}