using IronBarCode;

public string ReadBarCode(CamImage imageData)
{
        // Decode the base64 image data
        var splitObject = imageData.imageDataBase64.Split(',');
        byte[] imagebyteData = Convert.FromBase64String((splitObject.Length > 1) ? splitObject[1] : splitObject[0]);

        using (var ms = new MemoryStream(imagebyteData))
        {
            // Convert byte array to Image
            Image barcodeImage = Image.FromStream(ms);

            // Read barcode from Image
            var results = BarcodeReader.Read(barcodeImage);

	        // Read first value from barcode
            return $"{DateTime.Now}: Barcode is ({results[0].Value})";
        }

}

Imports IronBarCode
Imports System.IO

Public Function ReadBarCode(imageData As CamImage) As String
    ' Decode the base64 image data
    Dim splitObject = imageData.imageDataBase64.Split(","c)
    Dim imagebyteData As Byte() = Convert.FromBase64String(If(splitObject.Length > 1, splitObject(1), splitObject(0)))

    Using ms As New MemoryStream(imagebyteData)
        ' Convert byte array to Image
        Dim barcodeImage As Image = Image.FromStream(ms)

        ' Read barcode from Image
        Dim results = BarcodeReader.Read(barcodeImage)

        ' Read first value from barcode
        Return $"{DateTime.Now}: Barcode is ({results(0).Value})"
    End Using
End Function