# file_to_base64

> **Function** in `langchain_community`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-community/tools/bearly/tool/file_to_base64)

Convert a file to base64.

## Signature

```python
file_to_base64(
    path: str,
) -> str
```

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-community/blob/4b280287bd55b99b44db2dd849f02d66c89534d5/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/bearly/tool.py#L29)