Remove image upload functionality and use base64 encoding directly in generate_image

post_blog.py

@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@ def extract_summary(text):
         return match.group(1).replace("#", "").replace("\n", "").strip()
     return None
 
-def upload_image(image, api_key):
-    url = f'https://api.imgbb.com/1/upload?key={api_key}'
-    response = requests.post(url, data = {'image': image}).json()
-    print(response)
-    if response['status'] != 200:
-        image_url = f"data:image/png;base64,{image}"
-    else:
-        image_url = response['data']['image']['url']
-    return image_url
-
 def generate_image(title, summary, category):
     extracted_summary = extract_summary(summary)
     if extracted_summary is None:
@@ -38,7 +28,7 @@ def generate_image(title, summary, category):
     data = requests.get(url).content
     encoded_image = base64.b64encode(data)
     image =  encoded_image.decode('utf-8')
-    image_url = upload_image(image, os.getenv('IMGBB_API_KEY'))
+    image_url = f"data:image/png;base64,{image}"
     return image_url
 
 def generate_post_html(title, summary, mindmap, category, citation):