convert UIImage to NSData

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Try one of the following, depending on your image format:

UIImageJPEGRepresentation

Returns the data for the specified image in JPEG format.

NSData * UIImageJPEGRepresentation (
   UIImage *image,
   CGFloat compressionQuality
);

UIImagePNGRepresentation

Returns the data for the specified image in PNG format

NSData * UIImagePNGRepresentation (
   UIImage *image
);

Here the docs.

EDIT:

if you want to access the raw bytes that make up the UIImage, you could use this approach:

CGDataProviderRef provider = CGImageGetDataProvider(image.CGImage);
NSData* data = (id)CFBridgingRelease(CGDataProviderCopyData(provider));
const uint8_t* bytes = [data bytes];

This will give you the low-level representation of the image RGB pixels.
(Omit the CFBridgingRelease bit if you are not using ARC).

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