Thread: image url cannot be converted to bytes

I want to get an image from a url, convert it into bytes and encrypt it using AES. However, when I try to compile the code for my Server, I get this error:

    Server1.java:77: error: cannot find symbol
                                plainpic = Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(myimage.getBytes());
 
      symbol:   method getBytes()
      location: variable myimage of type URL

Why is this so? Below is the code for my server which generates an AES key and tries to convert a image url to bytes.

Server1.java

    public class Server1 { 
    public static void main (String [] args ) throws InvalidKeyException, IOException, Exception { 
		ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(15123);
		Socket socket = null;
		//start of AES
		//Generate AES Key
		int sizeofkey = 128;
		KeyGenerator kg = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
		//initialize with sizeofkey
		kg.init(sizeofkey);
		Key mykey = kg.generateKey();
		System.out.println("Key Generated");
		//create cipher object & initialize with generated key
		Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PCKS5PADDING");
		cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, mykey);
 
		while(true)	{
			socket = serverSocket.accept();
			System.out.println("Accepted connection : " + socket.getRemoteSocketAddress().toString() + " <-> /127.0.0.1:15123" );
			DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
 
			// get the image from a webcam
			URL myimage = new URL("http://183.76.13.58:80/SnapshotJPEG?Resolution=640x480");
 
 
			DataInputStream in = null;
 
			String plainpic = null;
			try	{
				in = new DataInputStream(myimage.openStream()); 
 
                //Error
				plainpic = Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(myimage.getBytes());
			} 	       
			catch (Exception ee)	{
				System.out.println("Check internet connection please");
				socket.close(); 
				return;
			}          
			DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
			Date date = new Date();
			System.out.println("Sending image " + dateFormat.format(date));
 
			try	{
				while (true) {
					dos.writeByte(in.readByte()); 
				} 
			}
			catch (EOFException ee)	{ 
				System.out.println("-------------- Done ----------"); 
				in.close();
			}
 
			dos.flush();
			dos.close();
			socket.close();
    }
 
      } 
    }

Server1.java:77: error: cannot find symbol
plainpic = Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(myimage.getB ytes());

symbol: method getBytes()
location: variable myimage of type URL

The compiler can not find a method named getBytes() for the class URL.
Try reading the image file into a byte array that can be passed to the encode method.

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What happened?