diff --git a/src/utils/getImageDataFromURL.ts b/src/utils/getImageDataFromURL.ts
index 793aeae9..f6769fdc 100644
--- a/src/utils/getImageDataFromURL.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getImageDataFromURL.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,56 @@
+/* global fetch */
+// TODO: Read data:// URLs
+// TODO: Load node polyfill
+// TODO: Read from FS
 import sha1 from 'js-sha1';
 
+const ERROR_IMAGE =
+  'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mM8w8DwHwAEOQHNmnaaOAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==';
+
+const ERROR_RESULT = {
+  data: ERROR_IMAGE,
+  sha1: sha1(ERROR_IMAGE),
+};
+
+const readBufferFromResponse = async (response: Response): Promise<Buffer> => {
+  const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(arrayBuffer)) {
+    // skpm polyfill returns a Buffer instead of an ArrayBuffer
+    return arrayBuffer;
+  }
+  return Buffer.from(arrayBuffer);
+};
+
+const isImage = (buffer: Buffer): boolean => {
+  const firstByte = buffer[0];
+
+  // Check for first byte to see if we have an image.
+  // 0xFF = JPEG, 0x89 = PNG, 0x47 = GIF, 0x49 = TIFF, 0x4D = TIFF
+  return (
+    firstByte === 0xff ||
+    firstByte === 0x89 ||
+    firstByte === 0x47 ||
+    firstByte === 0x49 ||
+    firstByte === 0x4d
+  );
+};
+
 export default async function getImageDataFromURL(
   url?: string,
-): Promise<{ data: string; sha1: string }> {
-  // FIXME: Mock
-  console.log(url);
-  const data =
-    'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mM8w8DwHwAEOQHNmnaaOAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==';
+): Promise<Readonly<{ data: string; sha1: string }>> {
+  if (!url) {
+    return ERROR_RESULT;
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(url);
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    return ERROR_RESULT;
+  }
+
+  const buffer = await readBufferFromResponse(response);
+  if (!isImage(buffer)) return ERROR_RESULT;
+
+  const data = buffer.toString('base64');
 
   return {
     data,