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# autogen.agentchat.contrib.img_utils.get_pil_image

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#### get\_pil\_image

```python theme={null}
get_pil_image(image_file: str | ForwardRef('Image')) -> Image
```

Loads an image from a file and returns a PIL Image object.<br />Parameters: <br />    image\_file (str, or Image): The filename, URL, URI, or base64 string of the image file.<br />Returns: <br />    Image.Image: The PIL Image object.

<b>Parameters:</b>

| Name         | Description                                |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| `image_file` | **Type:** str \| ForwardRef('Image.Image') |

<b>Returns:</b>

| Type            | Description                        |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| PIL.Image.Image | Image.Image: The PIL Image object. |

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