Readme markdown base64 inline image

Question

Is it possible to embed an image in a markdown file, such as a readme, and have the image render when viewing through the Bitbucket UI? For example, the following works fine in other markdown editors/viewers I've tried:

![img][image_ref]

[image_ref]:data&colon;image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAgAAAAE4CAYAAAAtuUu.....

Mike Walton · Answer

Thanks Martyn, but that's only for referencing external image files. I was hoping to find out how to embed the image within the markdown so all of the content can be contained within the single file. Here's another example similar to what I included in my question that also refers to MDN's documentation on the data URL standard: https://superuser.com/a/1199449/164542

Side note, your second link has some additional characters after "master" that make it an invalid link, or at least not publically accessible. Stripping off the rest of the URL fixes it.

Marty_yvf6sb · Answer

Hi Mike,

I took a look at the documentation at https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/readme-content-221449772.html and it refers to an example repo for markdown in bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/tutorials/markdowndemo/src/master

It refers to the following:

![Alt text](http://www.addictedtoibiza.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/example.png)

I hope that helps!