public String getBase64EncodedImage(String imageURL) throws IOException {
    java.net.URL url = new java.net.URL(imageURL);
    InputStream istream = url.openStream();
	byte[] bytes = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toByteArray(istream);
    return org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString(bytes);
}
//URL url = new URL("http://2captcha.com/in.php?key=MY_KEY&method=base64&body="+base64image);