# Plotly.io Static image

**URL:** https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-io-static-image/20503
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-io-static-image/20503 "2019-03-05T21:40:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![gridiron9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@gridiron9999](https://community.plotly.com/u/gridiron9999)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-io-static-image/20503/1 "2019-03-05T21:40:17Z")

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What is the format of the plotly.io.to\_image. Is it base64?

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### Author: ![Damian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Damian](https://community.plotly.com/u/Damian)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-io-static-image/20503/2 "2019-03-05T21:45:28Z")

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No, it’s the raw bytes: [https://plot.ly/python/static-image-export/](https://plot.ly/python/static-image-export/) (look under “Get Image as Bytes”)