I have a base64 image byte code that I am trying to set the src attribute of a tag in javascript / ajax.
I do not want to set it directly, since I get this byte code from reading the response from the servlet and take the byte code in the variable and I want to set this variable value to the src attribute, as shown below.
var src3="data:image/jpg;base64,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"; document.getElementById("outmessage").innerHTML = "<h2> Image \<img src\= "+src3+" /></h2>";
This does not work: gives me the result as

I am sure the base64 byte is correct, as I tested it by adding directly to the src element of the img tag, like the following
<img src ="data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDAAgGBgcGBQgHBwcJCQgKDBQNDAsLDBkSEw8UHRofHh0a HBwgJC4nICIsIxwcKDcpLDAxNDQ0Hyc5PTgyPC4zNDL/2wBDAQkJCQwLDBgNDRgyIRwhMjIyMjIy MjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjL/wAARCAAUAB0DASIA AhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAAAgEDAwIEAwUFBAQA AAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkKFhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3 ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWm p6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/8QAHwEA AwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtREAAgECBAQDBAcFBAQAAQJ3AAECAxEEBSEx BhJBUQdhcRMiMoEIFEKRobHBCSMzUvAVYnLRChYkNOEl8RcYGRomJygpKjU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElK U1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6goOEhYaHiImKkpOUlZaXmJmaoqOkpaanqKmqsrO0tba3 uLm6wsPExcbHyMnK0tPU1dbX2Nna4uPk5ebn6Onq8vP09fb3+Pn6/9oADAMBAAIRAxEAPwDi677T fhJr99py3UstraPJGHjgmLbwcjhwB8vy5Pc9AQOccDXs9h8ZdKNjD/aNheLebf3ot0Vo8+qksDg9 cHp0yeteFho0ZN+1Z+r5zWzClCH1GN9devp9+p5TreiX3h7VJNP1CLZMnIYcrIvZlPcH/EHBBFZ1 dF408T/8JX4ga+SDyYI4xDCp+8UBJBbtklj06cDnGTztYVFFSajselhJVpUISrq07arzCiiipOgK KKKAP//Z"> </img>
I am not sure how to set this in javascript from a variable. Can anyone give any guidance as to how this can be achieved? thanks in advance
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