diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/EncodeFileToBase64.ts b/backend/src/helpers/EncodeFileToBase64.ts
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+++ b/backend/src/helpers/EncodeFileToBase64.ts
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+import fs from "fs";
+
+export const encodeFileToBase64 = (filePath: string) => {
+  const file = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
+  return file.toString("base64");
+};