Use custom base 64 <> blob function

src/photo/storage.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const convertUploadToPhoto = async (
     console.log('Fetching original file');
     const fileBytes = await fetch(urlOrigin, { cache: 'no-store' })
       .then(res => res.arrayBuffer());
-    const fileWithoutGps = await stripGpsFromFile(fileBytes);
+    const fileWithoutGps = stripGpsFromFile(fileBytes);
     console.log('Uploading file without GPS');
     return putFile(fileWithoutGps, photoPath).then(async url => {
       if (url) {

src/utility/data.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export const b64toBlob = (
+  data: string,
+  type: string = 'image/jpeg',
+): Blob => {
+  const byteString = atob(data.split(',')[1]);
+  const ab = new ArrayBuffer(byteString.length);
+  const ia = new Uint8Array(ab);
+  
+  for (let i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
+    ia[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
+  }
+
+  return new Blob([ab], { type });
+};

src/utility/exif-server.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import * as PiExif from 'piexifjs';
+import { b64toBlob } from './data';
 
-export const stripGpsFromFile = async (
+export const stripGpsFromFile = (
   fileBytes: ArrayBuffer
-): Promise<Blob> => {
+): Blob => {
   const base64 = Buffer.from(fileBytes).toString('base64');
   const base64Url = `data:image/jpeg;base64,${base64}`;
 
@@ -17,5 +18,7 @@ export const stripGpsFromFile = async (
     base64Url,
   );
 
-  return fetch(data, { cache: 'no-store' }).then(res => res.blob());
+  console.log('EXIF updated');
+
+  return b64toBlob(data);
 };